NRS-3182 | Depositions [Moulamein 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.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)7 May 1894-6 Aug 1895, 1901-1906 (Kingswood 10/408C), 1957-1964 (Kingswood 3/14856-59). (3)Endnotes (1) Archives Authority of NSW. Disposal Recommendation DR 2517, 1980.(2) Archives Authority of NSW. Disposal Recommendation DR 5342, 1995.(3) Concise Guide to the State Archives of New South Wales, 3rd ed. Note relating to this description:This description was based on the items that cover the years 1965 to 1982. There may be differences or special features of records outside this period that are not in this description.

本批档案为新南威尔士州法院管辖范围内的轻罪刑事案件与小额民事申诉案件的庭审记录。案件在法院收案时即进行编号或登记，但通常需经过一段时间后方可开庭审理。
每日庭审档案均装订成册，卷首通常附有当日排庭案件清单。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、举报人姓名及裁判结果；后期版本还补充了被告人出生日期、磁带编号与柜台编号。
案件按类别进行登记，类别包括：公诉案件（含新案与还押案件）、传票案件、儿童法庭案件、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，以及工业治安法庭案件。规模更大、业务更繁忙的法院通常会单独装订交通违法案件档案。部分法院还留存有太平绅士（Justices of the Peace）审理案件的记录，此类案件多涉及醉酒类违法行为。
单份案件档案通常包含以下材料：起诉书与传票、提交法庭的证据陈述书、庭审笔录草稿、逮捕令与警方讯问笔录、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、搜查令、讯问转录文本、庭审记录、宣誓证词、传票、定罪证明书、事故报告、通用信息文书、有害动植物通报、声明书、往来函件、收据、传票申请、语言能力说明、指纹记录、证物记录，偶附证物本身，以及与罚款和具结保释相关的担保文书。
1974年起，乡村治安法院（Courts of Petty Sessions）开始对庭审过程进行磁带录音。自此之后，仅在特定情形下才会对部分案件制作转录文本：包括需移交上级法院审理的羁押案件、拟提起上诉的案件，或案件任意一方提出庭审记录副本申请的情形。此前完整的纸质档案逐渐被起诉书与传票、特定案件的转录文本，以及庭审磁带录音所替代。
1980年，官方获批可持续销毁庭审磁带录音（1）；1995年，官方获批不再将1983年及之后的证言笔录纳入州档案馆（State Archives）馆藏（2）。
1894年5月7日—1895年8月6日、1901年—1906年（金斯伍德档案馆藏号：10/408C）、1957年—1964年（金斯伍德档案馆藏号：3/14856—59）（3）。
注释：
(1) 新南威尔士州档案馆管理局（Archives Authority of NSW），《处置建议DR 2517》，1980年。
(2) 新南威尔士州档案馆管理局（Archives Authority of NSW），《处置建议DR 5342》，1995年。
(3) 《新南威尔士州州立档案馆简明指南》第三版。
本说明附注：本描述基于1965年至1982年的馆藏档案编制，1965年之前及1982年之后的档案可能存在本描述未涵盖的差异或特殊特征。