Clearing Sirius's Name

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No: HPFGUIDX 41829

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Jacqueline Hendries <psychchick04 at y...> 
wrote:
> IIRC, in GoF Sirius says something about Crouch being the person
> who sent him to Azkaban without a trial. So, no evidence was ever
> presented against him in the first place.

No trial, but there was evidence. PoA, Dumbledore said: "A street 
full of eyewitnesses swore they saw Sirius murder Pettigrew. I myself 
gave evidence to the Ministry that Sirius had been the Potters'
Secret-Keeper." Maybe someone took depositions. Maybe there was a 
hearing before a hearing to get a warrant to imprison him as a 
material witness.