1 8 8 5 . ▁ ▁Career ▁Bod kin ▁soon ▁established ▁a ▁reputation ▁as ▁a ▁hard ▁and ▁met icul ous ▁worker , ▁and ▁was ▁particularly ▁noted ▁for ▁his ▁prepar ation ▁of ▁ind ict ments — p rior ▁to ▁the ▁Ind ict ments ▁Act ▁ 1 9 1 5 ▁this ▁was ▁a ▁highly ▁special ised ▁field . ▁He ▁dis d ained ▁the ▁the atr ical ▁devices ▁popular ▁amongst ▁other ▁bar r ister s ▁of ▁the ▁day ; ▁his ▁style ▁was ▁built ▁on ▁a ▁solid ▁appreci ation ▁of ▁the ▁facts ▁of ▁the ▁case . ▁He ▁virt ually ▁always ▁appeared ▁for ▁the ▁pro sec ution , ▁and ▁whilst ▁determined ▁to ▁secure ▁conv ict ions , ▁did ▁not ▁over - press ▁a ▁weak ▁case . ▁He ▁rarely ▁took ▁hol id ays , ▁and ▁in ▁addition ▁to ▁his ▁pro sec uting ▁work , ▁he ▁built ▁up ▁a ▁reputation ▁in ▁lic ens ing ▁law . ▁These ▁cases ▁were ▁usually ▁held ▁in ▁a ▁separate ▁legal ▁term , ▁in ▁August , ▁so ▁this ▁did ▁not ▁inter f ere ▁with ▁his ▁regular ▁work . ▁ ▁On ▁ 8 ▁July ▁ 1 8 9 1 , ▁he ▁married ▁Ma ud ▁Be atrice ▁Bush , ▁whose ▁father , ▁Robert ▁Wh eler ▁Bush ▁was ▁vic ar ▁of ▁St ▁Al ph age ▁London ▁Wall . ▁The ▁following ▁year ▁he ▁was ▁appointed ▁a ▁" T reas ury ▁devil " ▁at ▁the ▁Old ▁Ba iley ▁and ▁rapidly ▁established ▁a ▁reputation ▁as ▁a ▁leading ▁pro sec utor . ▁On ▁ 1 ▁July ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁he ▁was