Harry Poland

Sir Harry Bodkin Poland (1829–1928) was a British

In his memoir "Seventy-Two Years at the Bar", Poland cited two cases as his most interesting.[1] The first was the Bank of England case of 1872 in which four Americans attempted to steal £100,000 from the Bank of England by forging bank notes.^[2] The second was the Chocolate Cream Poisoner case, where Christiana Edmunds poisoned a number of people in Brighton by lacing chocolates with strychnine.

From 1895 to 1901 he sat as a Moderate Party alderman on the London County Council.^[3]

Sir Harry Bodkin Poland replaced his uncle Sir William Henry Bodkin^[4] as the Recorder of the Borough of Dover. On his resignation, he was succeeded in the role by his nephew Archibald Bodkin.^[5] He was a confirmed bachelor.

References

• Metcalfe, Eric. "Poland, Sir Harry Bodkin".
  doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35554. (Subscription or UK public library membership
  required.)

Notes

1. ^ "Newspaper Article - A LEGAL PAST". Newspapers.nl.sg. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
2. ^ "22 May 1873 - THE LATE FORGERIES ON THE BANK OF ENGLAND". Rockhampton Bulletin (QLD. : 1871 - 1878). Trove.nla.gov.au. 22 May 1873. p. 2. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
3. Longmans
   . p. 277.
4. ^ "Dover's Recorders | The Dover Historian". Doverhistorian.wordpress.com. 20 April 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2013.
5. ^ "Viewing Page 4399 of Issue 27329". London-gazette.co.uk. Retrieved 23 June 2013.

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