It was the documents by classifying and sorting Hyogisho, the reports of the criminal cases which each bugyo (magistrate) had asked the roju (senior councilor of the Tokugawa shogunate) to consult Hyojosho (conference chamber), by the case of crime, and the status, age, and gender of criminal, and so on.
老中が各奉行から伺いが立てられた刑事事件に関する事案を評定所に諮問し、その答申である評議書を犯罪の事例、犯罪者の身分・年齢・性別などのよって分類・整理したもの。