NRS-17666 | Depositions [Barham Court of Petty Sessions]

These papers are those of the proceedings of the Court, in its jurisdiction over less serious criminal matters and minor civil complaints. Cases are numbered and/or listed as they are received by the Court although usually some time elapses before a case is heard. Papers for each day are tied into bundles, which are usually prefaced by a list of the cases set down to be heard that day. The list details case number (usually a daily number), name of defendant, offence, name of informant, and result. In later years it also gives the date of birth of the defendant, tape number and counter number. The cases are listed by category which includes: Charge cases (fresh and remand), Summons cases, Children's Court cases, Wardens Court cases, Licensing Court cases, Liquor Court cases, Small Debts matters and Industrial Magistrates Court cases. Larger, busier courts often created whole bundles of traffic matters. Some courts also hold records of cases heard before Justices of the Peace; these often related to drunkenness. Papers for each case may include charge and summons sheets, statements of evidence presented to the Court, bench sheets, arrest forms and police interviews, pre-sentence reports, bail papers, community service orders, notices of appeal to higher courts, warrants, interview transcriptions, records of proceedings, sworn statements, subpoenas, certificates of convictions, accident reports, information (general purpose) papers, noxious plant and animal notifications, declarations, correspondence, receipts, applications for summons, language sheets, fingerprint records, records of exhibits, occasionally exhibits, sureity forms relating to fines and recognizances.

本批文献为某法院针对轻罪案件与小额民事纠纷行使管辖权时所形成的诉讼档案。案件按法院收案顺序编号或登记，但通常需经过一段时间后方会开庭审理。每日的档案会被装订成册，册首通常附有当日排期开庭的案件清单。该清单详细列明案件编号（通常为当日编号）、被告人姓名、涉案罪名、报案人姓名以及裁判结果；在后期的档案中，还会补充被告人出生日期、磁带编号与柜台编号。案件按类别登记，类别包括：指控案件（含新案与还押案件）、传票案件、少年法庭案件、典狱长法庭案件、许可法庭案件、酒类法庭案件、小额债务纠纷以及产业治安法庭案件。规模更大、业务更繁忙的法院通常会单独装订交通类案件档案；部分法院还留存有治安法官（Justices of the Peace）审理的案件记录，此类案件多与醉酒相关。单份案件档案可包含以下材料：指控与传票文书、提交至法庭的证据陈述、庭审案情摘要表（bench sheet）、逮捕文书与警方讯问记录、量刑前调查报告、保释文书、社区服务令、向上级法院提起上诉的通知书、逮捕/搜查令、讯问转录笔录、庭审记录、宣誓证词、出庭传票、定罪证明书、事故报告、通用情报文书、有害动植物通报、声明书、往来信函、收据、传票申请书、语言适配文书、指纹记录、证物记录，偶尔还会附有实物证物，以及与罚款及具结担保（recognizances）相关的担保书。