Veritaserum Question

[Ebony]

No: HPFGUIDX 8212

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, foxmoth at q... wrote:
> I think it has to be virtual truth...otherwise you could ask 
> anybody anything and get the truth ie, "What is the secret of life, 
the universe and everything?"

OK, I understand this.  All right, then.  Let me give you a 
hypothetical situation.  It may seem implausible, but allow me to use 
it for the purposes of illustration.

One day, Neville goes to Dumbledore's office and steals the Sorting 
Hat.  When he arrives back to the Gryffindor boys' dorm, Seamus puts 
him under a Memory Charm that succeeds in only erasing the last 1-2 
hours of his memories.

Later, he is interrogated by the teachers about whether or not he 
stole the hat.  He says "no".  Then Snape gives him Veritaserum and 
asks him, "Neville, did you take the Sorting Hat from D.'s office?"

What would Neville say?  Yes or no?

This is what I meant by remembered truth vs. actual truth.  In both 
cases, the person actually experienced the event at some point in 
time... so would the Veritaserum derive a "yes" or a "no"?

--Ebony