Was Fidelius Charm, Questions about the wizengamot/Crouch Trial/Fudge

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 90896

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lizvega2" <lizvega2 at y...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
> <justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> > Carol:
> >   
> > > >> Another thought. If he'd had a trial, would the chains on 
> > that chair have bound him as they did the Lestranges and Barty 
> > Crouch, Jr.? 
> > The seems to sense magically whether a person is guilty or not, 
> > Carol
> 
> LizVega here:
> 
> What an interesting idea! About the chair being able to distinguish 
> between guilty and innocent suspects! ....edited...
> 
> Also, what if the reason Sirius was never given a trial was because 
> someone in the wizengamot knew he was innocent, and didn't want the 
> chair to reveal this? ...edited...
> 
> ...edited...
>
> LizVega


bboy_mn:

We can only speculate but wouldn't it be more likely that the Chair
detected the likelihood of the person seated in it to Flee. 

I do see a minor weakness in this theory in that virtually every
person who sat in the chair, in deep trouble and facing the highest
court in the land, would have a strong urge to flee. However, the
Chair may be able to make a distinction between a person that has a
genuine desire to escape the chair, the room, and justice, and a
person who simply, though desperately, wants to be out of the room; a
distinction between nervous apprehension, and a true desire, and in
all likelihood, intent to escape.

Also, the the chair may make a distinction between Criminals who have
been convicted by the court, and those who haven't. I speculate, once
again, that the Lestrange/Crouch hearing may have been a sentencing
hearing, they had already been found quilty; whereas, the Bagman
hearing, because there was a vote by the jury, may have been to
determine quilt or innocents. Admittedly, this particular speculation
has a bit of grey area.

Just a few thoughts.

bboy_mn