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[Scott Northrup]

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Snuffles wrote:

Sirius points out that he didn't even have a trial before he was sent to 
Azkaban. I hardly think they would have wasted time with the Veritaserum. 
Basically the MoM wanted someone in Azkaban for the crimes. Sirius looked 
pretty darn guilty on that street.



Maria Wrote:

I have always taken Sirius' words about his not getting a trial literally, but maybe we shouldn't do so. It could have been the kind of trial Harry saw in the Pensieve, with Crouch both acting as prosecutor and judge and yelling all the time. Besides, people at that time were so scared that it's ridiculous even to think of the jury being objective.


Me:

I'm not sure if there's a conflict here, but there's a line in PoA (chapter 21, Hermione's Secret, pg. 392 US first edition) that would indicate that Sirius wasn't thrown into Azkaban as soon as he was apprehended on the street (literally, nothing even close to a trial).  Dumbledore actually states that he gives testimony that Sirius was the Potters' secret keeper, so it would seem that there was evidence given at some point (even if Sirius was never allowed to testify himself).

-Scott