NRS-11454 | Charge books [Hillston Police Station]

Police Rules of 1862 introduced the obligation to keep Charge books to record charges against prisoners, the nature of the charges, the names of those charged as well as any prisoner's property. (1)This series consists of Charge books from the Hillston Police Station.Details pertaining to the charge itself included: the charge number; the date and hour of both the apprehension and the recording of the charge in the Charge book; personal details of the person being charged including name, address, date and place of birth, height, calling/occupation, and nationality; a short summary of the nature of the offence; the full name and address of the informant (usually the constable); any property found on the prisoner and the prisoner's property book reference number; signatures of the watch house keeper / Station Sergeant and the searching Constable; name of apprehending officer; signature of prosecutor; if the prisoner was bailed (date and hour, by whose order, amount of cash or surety, and bail form receipt number); if not bailed, the date and time of discharge from cells; how the case was disposed of including date and name of magistrate; and any remarks (usually details of discharge or if sent to another prison).In general entries became less detailed over time but the format of the entries and the type of information collected remained similar.From around 1950 annual single numbers began to be used for entries relating to charges though the year may have been recorded either before or after the single number (eg. 42/ 1, 2/54 or 87/3). From around the 1980s charge books for each police station were given volume numbers from '1' onwards, in chronological order. Endnote1. Police Rules, Nos. 360-361 and 369, NSW Government Gazette No.49, 1 March 1862, pp.498-499.

1862年《警察规程》（Police Rules）规定需留存指控记录簿（Charge book），用于记录针对囚犯的指控、指控性质、被指控者姓名以及囚犯的所有财物。(1)本系列数据集涵盖希尔斯顿警察局（Hillston Police Station）的指控记录簿，其中包含的指控相关细节包括：指控编号；逮捕与将指控录入指控记录簿的日期及时刻；被指控人的个人详情，涵盖姓名、住址、出生日期及地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪事由简要说明；举报人（通常为警员）的全名与住址；囚犯随身查获的财物以及囚犯财物登记册编号；看守所管理员/站警司（Station Sergeant）与搜查警员的签名；逮捕警官姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获得保释，需记录保释时间与时刻、保释下令者、保释金金额或担保人信息，以及保释单据编号；若未获保释，则需记录从牢房释放的日期与时刻；案件处理结果，包括裁判官姓名与处理日期；以及其他备注（通常为释放详情或转监至其他监狱的相关信息）。
整体而言，随时间推移，登记条目愈发简略，但条目格式与收集的信息类型始终保持一致。约1950年起，指控相关条目开始使用年度单编号，年份可标注在单编号之前或之后（例如42/ 1、2/54或87/3）。约20世纪80年代起，各警察局的指控记录簿开始按时间顺序赋予从"1"开始的卷号。
尾注1. 《警察规程》第360-361、369条，《新南威尔士（New South Wales，NSW）政府公报》第49期，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。