0 0 0 ▁sets ▁of ▁case ▁papers ▁each ▁year . ▁He ▁was ▁always ▁first ▁to ▁arrive ▁at ▁his ▁office . ▁However , ▁he ▁was ▁a ▁poor ▁deleg ater , ▁continu ing ▁to ▁draft ▁ind ict ments ▁personally ▁when ▁that ▁was ▁really ▁a ▁job ▁for ▁junior ▁coun sel . ▁He ▁always ▁took ▁work ▁home ▁at ▁the ▁week end , ▁and ▁it ▁is ▁a ▁persistent ▁rum our ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁once ▁seen ▁leaving ▁ch amb ers ▁on ▁Christmas ▁evening , ▁carrying ▁a ▁set ▁of ▁legal ▁papers . ▁ ▁His ▁time ▁as ▁D PP ▁was ▁not ▁without ▁controvers y . ▁In ▁ 1 9 2 4 ▁he ▁began ▁the ▁pro sec ution ▁of ▁John ▁Campbell , ▁acting ▁editor ▁of ▁Work ers ' ▁Week ly , ▁using ▁the ▁Inc itement ▁to ▁Mut iny ▁Act ▁ 1 7 9 7 . ▁The ▁collapse ▁of ▁the ▁case ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁fall ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁Labour ▁government ▁to ▁have ▁held ▁office ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁since ▁it ▁was ▁seen ▁as ▁evidence ▁of ▁commun ist ▁influence ▁on ▁Labour ▁Party ▁polit icians . ▁Fort un ately ▁for ▁Bod kin , ▁the ▁Att orney - General , ▁Sir ▁Patrick ▁H ast ings , ▁took ▁responsibility ▁for ▁the ▁failure ▁of ▁the ▁case . ▁However , ▁the ▁events ▁of ▁ 1 9 2 8 ▁were ▁entirely ▁of ▁Bod kin ' s ▁making . ▁The ▁affair ▁began ▁with ▁the ▁acqu itt al ▁in ▁the ▁Mag istr ates ' ▁Court ▁of ▁Sir ▁Leo ▁Ch io zza ▁M oney ▁and ▁I rene ▁Sav idge ▁on ▁charges ▁of ▁inde