Sirius and Confusing and Befuddlement Draughts

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No: HPFGUIDX 93184

> > JoAnna:
> > Good points, all.  It occured to me during PoA that there was one 
> > way Sirius could have easily proved his innocence:  all he had to 
> do was owl a letter to Dumbledore either explaining the situation 
 
Marianne:
> And why should Sirius have immediately trusted that a message to 
> Dumbledore would have led to a cozy chat where all could be explained?
> Dumbldedore knew where Sirius was for the last 12 years, yet we have 
> no evidence that he sought to question Sirius about what happened 
> with the Potters/Secret Keeper, etc. 

Tip replies:
Sirius needn't have put faith in Dumbledore suddenly believing him. 
Once he discovered Pettigrew at Hogwarts he could have sent an
anonymous note to Dumbledore telling him that the rat was an
unregistered animagus and that Dumbledore might want to discretely,
without warning Ron or the rat, see if the anonymous note were true. 
Then again, do we have any evidence that prisoners at Azkaban have
access to owls, parchment, quills and ink?

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