[HPforGrownups] Re: "Blew apart the street" segue into proofs of Sirius's innocence

[Catherine Keegan]

No: HPFGUIDX 29169

At 08:09 AM 11/13/01 +0000, Dittany wrote:
>  What I want to know is why no one ever did a prior incantatum spell to 
> Sirius's wand, or noticed
>whether the one little bit of poor blown up Peter - his finger - had
>a neatly severed end or a ragged blown up end.  They just hauled him
>off to Azkaban sans trial, and threw away the key.

I always got the impression that they just wanted the horror to be 
over.  They had a suspect, he was there, he was standing laughing in the 
carnage.  Must be him.  Let's get him out of here and let's get over 
it.  There.  All neat and tidy.

Catherine in California