NRS-11707 | Charge books [Parramatta 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 Parramatta 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.Hardcopy charge books were gradually replaced by online systems between approximately 1990 and 1994. The COPS system (Computerised Operational Policing System) was introduced in 1994, preceded by the Online Charging records system (1990-1995), an interim system used as a back-up for the implementation of COPS.On-line charging was introduced in the Police Service in 1989. In Parramatta this appears to have occurred in August 1989. Charge entries up to 14 August 1989 have the usual annual running charge number. This sequence continues until 29 Nov 1989 (89/3746). Charges numbered 89/3731 to 89/3746 are annotated as being transferred to an OLC number which is given. The remaining 14 charges recorded have only OLC numbers. (2)Endnote1. Police Rules, Nos. 360-361 and 369, NSW Government Gazette No.49, 1 March 1862, pp.498-499.2. Information from NSW Police on shelf-list for [6/25236-273].

1862年《警务条例》（Police Rules）首次规定需留存指控登记簿（Charge books），用于记录针对囚犯的指控事由、指控性质、被指控者姓名，以及囚犯的随身财物。(1)本系列数据集包含帕拉马塔警察局（Parramatta Police Station）的指控登记簿。
与指控相关的详细信息涵盖：指控编号；拘捕时间、指控录入登记簿的时间与时刻；被指控者的个人详情，包括姓名、住址、出生日期与地点、身高、职业、国籍；犯罪性质的简要概述；举报人（通常为警员）的全名与住址；囚犯随身查获的财物及囚犯财物簿参考编号；看守所管理员/站警长与搜查警员的签名；逮捕警官姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获得保释，则记录保释日期与时刻、保释命令签发人、保释金金额或担保方式，以及保释单收据编号；若未获保释，则记录从牢房释放的日期与时间；案件处理结果，包括裁判官姓名与处理日期；以及备注（通常为释放详情，或移送至其他监狱的相关信息）。
总体而言，随时间推移，登记簿条目愈发简略，但条目格式与采集的信息类型始终保持一致。约自1950年起，指控相关条目开始使用年度单序号，年份可标注在单序号之前或之后（例如42/1、2/54或87/3）。约自20世纪80年代起，各警察局的指控登记簿开始按时间顺序从“1”起赋予卷号。
纸质指控登记簿约在1990至1994年间逐步被在线系统取代。1994年，计算机化警务操作系统（COPS, Computerised Operational Policing System）正式启用，其前身是1990至1995年运行的在线指控记录系统（Online Charging records system），该临时系统用于为COPS的部署提供备份支持。新南威尔士州警察局（NSW Police）于1989年引入在线指控登记流程，帕拉马塔警察局的该流程则于同年8月启动。1989年8月14日之前的指控条目沿用常规的年度连续指控编号，该编号序列延续至1989年11月29日（编号89/3746）。其中编号89/3731至89/3746的指控均标注有对应的在线指控（Online Charging，简称OLC）编号，其余14条记录仅标注了OLC编号。
(2)尾注
1. 《警务条例》第360-361条及第369条，载于1862年3月1日《新南威尔士州政府公报》（NSW Government Gazette）第49期，第498-499页。
2. 信息源自新南威尔士州警察局存档于架号[6/25236-273]的馆藏清单。