NRS-11900 | Charge books [Thirroul 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 Thirroul 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.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）首次规定需留存指控簿（Charge books），用以记录针对囚犯的指控事项、指控性质、被指控者姓名，以及任何囚犯的随身财物。(1)本系列数据集收录来自瑟鲁尔警察局（Thirroul Police Station）的指控簿。与指控相关的具体信息包括：指控编号；逮捕及将指控录入指控簿的日期与时刻；被指控者的个人身份信息，包括姓名、住址、出生日期及出生地、身高、职业/行当、国籍；犯罪性质的简短概述；举报人的全名与住址（通常为执勤警员）；囚犯随身查获的财物以及囚犯财物登记簿的参考编号；看守所管理员/站警与执行搜查的警员的签名；逮捕警官姓名；检察官签名；若囚犯获准保释，需记录保释日期与时刻、保释令签发主体、现金或担保金数额，以及保释单据回执编号；若未获准保释，则记录从羁押牢房释放的日期与时间；案件处置详情，包括处置日期与治安法官姓名；以及备注信息（通常为释放详情，或移送至其他监狱的相关说明）。

总体而言，随时间推移，条目所载细节逐渐趋于简略，但条目格式与采集的信息类别仍保持一致。约自1950年起，指控相关条目开始采用年度单序号编号规则，年份可标注于单序号之前或之后（例如：42/1、2/54或87/3）。约自20世纪80年代起，各警察局的指控簿开始按时间顺序赋予从"1"起始的卷号。

纸质指控簿约在1990年至1994年间逐步被在线记录系统取代。1994年，计算机化警务操作系统（COPS系统，Computerised Operational Policing System）正式上线，其前置系统为1990年至1995年运行的在线指控记录系统（Online Charging Records System），该临时系统作为COPS系统部署期间的备份方案使用。

尾注1. 《警察规程》第360-361条及第369条，载于《新南威尔士政府公报》第49期，1862年3月1日，第498-499页。