NRS-3106 | Depositions [Leeton 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.Each case was given a running number with an alphabetical prefix. The papers are initially filed by this number regardless of when the case is heard. This arrangement changes in 1971.From that time on, 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.After 1974 country Courts of Petty Sessions commenced tape recordings of proceedings. From then transcriptions began to be made of only a number of cases in certain circumstances: committals for trial at a higher Court; if an appeal was to be lodged; or if there was a request for a copy of the proceedings by either of the parties involved. The previous complete paper record began to be replaced by a charge and summons sheet, transcriptions of certain cases, and the tape recordings of proceedings.In 1980 the continuing destruction of the tape recordings was authorised (1) and in 1995 authorisation was given for Depositions 1983 onwards to no longer be required as State archives. (2)Footnotes (1) Archives Authority of NSW. Disposal Recommendation DR 2517, 1980.(2) Archives Authority of NSW. Disposal Recommendation DR 5342, 1995. Note relating to this description:This description was based on the items that cover the years 1966 to 1982. There may be differences or special features of records outside this period that are not in this description.

本批文件为管辖轻微刑事案件与小额民事申诉案件的法庭诉讼程序档案。案件按法院收案顺序编号或登记，但通常案件开庭审理前会间隔一段时间。每宗案件均分配带有字母前缀的流水号，无论案件实际开庭时间为何，文件均以此编号进行初始归档。该归档规则于1971年作出调整。
自此之后，每日庭审文件将被整理为卷宗，卷宗首页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、举报人姓名及判决结果。后续版本还会补充被告人出生日期、录音带编号及柜台编号。
案件按类别进行登记，类别包括：公诉案件（新案与还押案）、传票案件、儿童法院案件、典狱长法院案件、牌照法院案件、酒类法院案件、小额债务事项及工业治安法官法院案件。规模更大、业务更繁忙的法院通常会单独为交通违法案件设立独立卷宗。
部分法院还留存有太平绅士（Justices of the Peace）审理案件的档案，此类案件多与醉酒相关。
每宗案件的档案可包括：公诉与传票文书、提交至法庭的证据陈述、庭审工作台记录单、逮捕表格与警方讯问笔录、量刑前调查报告、保释文件、社区服务令、向上级法院提起上诉的通知书、令状、讯问转录文本、庭审记录、宣誓证词、司法传唤书、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、往来函件、收据、传票申请、语言说明页、指纹记录、证物记录，偶附证物，以及与罚金及具结担保相关的担保书。
1974年起，乡村治安法院（Court of Petty Sessions）开始对庭审过程进行录音。自此之后，仅在特定情形下才会对部分案件制作转录文本：包括向上级法院移交审理的案件、拟提起上诉的案件，或案件任一当事人申请获取庭审记录副本的情形。此前完整的纸质档案开始被公诉与传票文书、特定案件的转录文本以及庭审录音所取代。
1980年，官方批准对庭审录音进行持续销毁（1）；1995年，官方批准1983年起的证词笔录（Depositions）无需再作为州级档案留存（2）。
脚注：
(1) 新南威尔士州档案管理局。《处置建议DR 2517》，1980年。
(2) 新南威尔士州档案管理局。《处置建议DR 5342》，1995年。
本说明附注：本描述基于1966年至1982年的馆藏档案编制，此时间段外的档案可能存在本说明未涵盖的差异或特殊特征。