Dudders and the Dementors

[Geoff Bannister]

No: HPFGUIDX 119669


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Tammy" <elsyee_h at y...> wrote:

Tammy:
> 
> Mrs. Figg lied to give more credibility to Harry's story. Dumbledore
> obviously expected a some sort of trumped up charges against Harry, 
so
> he had Mrs. Figg testify that she did see the Dementors so she could
> backup Harry's story. Dumbledore also, no doubt, knew that no one in
> the counsel would have known that Squibs can't see Dementors... very
> clever that Dumbledore :P

Geoff:
I'm inclined to take the opposite view; I think if that was the case, 
Dumbledore was making a very dangerous assumption.

Amelia Bones is a legal eagle and strikes me as a pretty smart 
cookie. And I would imagine that Dumbledore, as the erstwhile Chief 
Warlock of the Wizengamot, knows her capabilities .