Lupin visiting Sirius in Azkaban

[Nora Renka]

No: HPFGUIDX 111650

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mhbobbin" <mhbobbin at y...> 
wrote:
> mhbobbin:
> 
> Alla--please point me to where DD testifies at Sirius' hearing. I 
> don't recall this--only that Sirius was sent away without trial by 
> Barty Crouch Senior.I believe it was Old Barty who never allowed 
> Sirius to be heard.

PoA, American hardcover, page 392:

"I myself gave evidence to the Ministry that Sirius had been the 
Potters' Secret Keeper."

Not quite a hearing, but testimony nonetheless...interesting though, 
ain't it?

[Now, if we're playing the game 'think like Sirius', he has some 
reasons to be a little wary of DD, but those have been gone into 
over'n'over again, so I won't.]

It strikes me as one of the largest questions, and not an answered 
one, as to why DD wouldn't investigate this further.  After all, he 
trusted Black enough to let him into the OotP.  My current vote is, 
if JKR gets asked, we'll get told a story about Ministry 
obstruction.  Visitors don't really seem to be allowed in Azakaban.  
DD did kind of seem to have his hands full at that time, and given 
the dominant mentality of the WW, they were all happy to 'get rid' of 
any of the troubling reminders of what they'd brought upon 
themselves, as quickly as possible.

-Nora ain't Alla, but she's good at recalling where to find things 
nonetheless