Fidelius Charm

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No: HPFGUIDX 90839

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "KathyK" <zanelupin at y...> 
wrote:
> It's PoA, Ch 21, "Hermione's Secret" US pg 392:
> 
> "I myself gave evidence to the Ministry that Sirius had been the 
> Potters' Secret-Keeper."
> 
> Dumbledore testified, but not necessarily at a hearing.
> 
<snip> But with the damning evidence of a street full of 
> witnesses and Dumbledore's confirmation that Sirius was Secret-
> Keeper, <snip> Besides, it's not like he had a trial or anything.  
When 
> and where did Dumbledore give this evidence?  We don't know.  He 
> could have just told the Minister or Crouch what he knew in a 
> conversation or it could have been some sort of hearing.  Either 
> way, Crouch didn't give Sirius a chance to defend himself, and the 
> only people who could have helped him died because of him.  I'll 
bet 
> Sirius didn't even try to explain what happened, he was so guilty 
> for what he'd done.    

Bookworm:
Ok, I was off a bit in my last post (90838). But I think this is 
more of Dumbledore's evasion.  We don't know what the evidence was  
and he doesn't actually say that Sirius was the Secret-Keeper, just 
that he gave some kind of evidence.  It probably was that the 
Potters told him they had chosen Sirius instead of Dumbledore. It 
may seem like stretching the point, but I think Dumbledore is 
covering up something else here.  More on that when I fine-tune my 
theory.

Ravenclaw Bookworm