Fidelius Charm

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 90810

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "nymphadora1" <nymphadora1 at y...>
wrote:
> John wrote:
> > I have been re-reading PoA and a new thought occurred to me. DD 
> > performed the Fidelius Charm right? Why wouldn't he testify to 
> > clear Black's name? <snip>
> 
> 
> On the question of DD testifying, I believe there was no trial 
> at which he could testify. Barty Crouch put Sirius in Azkaban 
> without a trial (GoF). Although now you mention it, it does seem 
> odd for DD not to try and do something on Sirius's behalf. Maybe 
> he did and we haven't been told about it yet. It seems that in 
> the fervour over catching/killing death eaters, DD's evidence 
> may not have been enough to keep Sirius out of prison - he was 
> caught in the street with all those dead muggles and (apparently) 
> what was left of Peter Petigrew. Hmmmmmm, why didn't they do Priori 
> Incantatum to find out if he really did kill all those people? 
> That would probably have been done at the trial. 
> Nymph

Carol:
I'm almost certain that Dumbledore testified in a hearing (there was
no trial) that Sirius had been the Potter's Secret Keeper. He believed
that Sirius was guilty, not only at that time but through most of PoA.
Sorry I don't have the page reference at hand.

I also wonder why they didn't use Priori Incantatem and I still can't
figure out, despite numerous posts on the topic, how Sirius got his
wand back. (He used Snape's in PoA.)

Carol