NRS-11034 | Charge books [Armidale Police Station]

Since 1862 there has been an obligation to create Charge books. The Sergeant, senior Constable, or Constable on duty at the watchhouse received all charges against prisoners brought in by different Constables, ascertained their nature and if satisfied it was a proper charge was to: enter name of each prisoner and the particulars of the offence in a book he shall keep for the purpose, to be called a 'Charge Book'. Prisoners property was also to be entered into the charge book. (1)This series consists of Charge Books from the Armidale Police Station. The series contains information and details of those persons charged with offences at the aforementioned station.The inside cover of each volume has a list of instructions that each Station Sergeant is required to follow in connection with entering charges in the Charge Book. These include: descriptions of persons charged with drunkenness; completion of fingerprint information forms; the initials of arresting police as to the property found on the prisoner; the signature of the Constable searching the prisoner; instructions as to how entries are to be set out; special particulars required when juveniles are arrested; the duties of the Station Sergeant when a charge is refused; the classification of prisoners when placed in the cells, if accommodation permits; procedures to be followed when persons have been charged with driving under the influence of alcohol; cases in which conviction reports are prescribed; and procedures to follow on the arrest of foreign nationals.Details recorded pertaining to the charge itself include: the charge number (and often the number of the case when it comes to court); 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 of birth or age, height, calling, education (until the 1940s), nationality and religion (rarely recorded in later years); a short summary of the nature of the offence; previous convictions and particulars if known; the full name and address of the informant; any property found on the prisoner and the prisoners property book reference number; signatures of the watchouse 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; rations drawn/number of meals supplied; and any remarks (usually details of discharge or if sent to another prison).The format and details recorded varies slightly over time. Most charge books are given a sequential volume number within each police station, and within each book, an annual single numbering system is used for entries relating to charges. The entries are arranged chronologically with an annual single numbering system.Police Stations replaced charge books with the COPS system (Computerised Operational Policing System) in 1994. Occasionally a hard copy backup was kept during the introduction of the COPS system. Some stations also used the interim Charge books and indexes- on-line charging records computer system while COPS was introduced.Endnote1. NSW Government Gazette No.49, 1 March 1862 p.498.

自1862年起，设立指控登记簿（Charge Book）便成为法定职责。当日值守的巡佐、高级警员或警员需接收各警员提交的针对在押人员的所有指控，明确指控性质；若确认指控合理，则需：在专门用于该用途的簿册中记录每名在押人员的姓名及所涉犯罪详情，该簿册即被称为“指控登记簿”。在押人员的随身财物亦需登入指控登记簿。(1) 本数据集系列包含阿米代尔警察局（Armidale Police Station）的指控登记簿。该系列收录了上述警局管辖范围内被指控犯罪人员的相关信息与详情。每卷卷宗的内封页均列有站巡佐在指控登记簿中录入指控信息时需遵循的操作指引，具体包括：对被控醉酒人员的身份描述、指纹信息表的填写、逮捕警员就在押人员随身财物所留的姓名首字母缩写、搜查警员的签名、指控条目格式规范、逮捕青少年时需填写的特殊详情、指控被驳回时站巡佐的职责、若监区有空余时在押人员的监区分类标准、被控酒后驾车人员的处理流程、定罪报告的适用情形，以及逮捕外籍人士时的操作流程。与指控本身相关的记录详情包括：指控编号（法庭审理时通常附带案件编号）、逮捕及将指控登入指控登记簿的日期与时间、被指控人的个人信息，涵盖姓名、住址、出生日期或年龄、身高、职业、受教育程度（1940年代前记录）、国籍及宗教信仰（后期极少记录）、所涉犯罪的简要概述、已知的前科记录及详情、举报人的全名与住址、在押人员随身财物及随身财物登记簿的参考编号、看守所管理员/站巡佐及搜查警员的签名、逮捕警官姓名、检察官的签名、若在押人员获得保释（需记录保释日期与时间、保释下令方、保释金金额或担保人信息，以及保释单收据编号）；若未获保释，则需记录从监区释放的日期与时间、案件处理结果，包括裁判官姓名及处理日期、领取的口粮/供应餐食数量，以及备注信息（通常为释放详情或转监信息）。记录格式与详情随时间推移略有变化。大多数指控登记簿会在各警局内部按顺序分配卷号，且每本登记簿内均采用年度单一编号系统为指控相关条目编号。条目按时间顺序排列，并辅以年度单一编号系统。1994年，各警察局开始用COPS系统（计算机化警务操作系统，Computerised Operational Policing System）取代指控登记簿。在COPS系统推行期间，部分警局会留存纸质副本作为备份。部分警局在引入COPS系统期间，还曾临时使用过渡性指控登记簿与索引——在线指控记录计算机系统。尾注1：新南威尔士州政府公报第49号，1862年3月1日，第498页。