[HPforGrownups] Re: Underage Magic....

[Karen]

No: HPFGUIDX 147504


On Thursday, February 2, 2006, at 05:25 PM, April Johnson wrote:

> > Finwitch:
> >
> > They can tell which spell is cast and where, but not who did it. As
> > Harry is the only registered wizard in the neighbourhood, any magic
> > there would be presumed as Harry's doing.
>
> April Now:
>
> In book 5, other magic was done at Harry's house though.  By wizards
> 'dropping' in to take him to the hideout.  The broken dishes were 
> repaired,
> Tonks helped Harry pack, ect.  Why weren't those spells counted 
> against him
> or at least brought up in court?  Those spells weren't for safety like 
> the
> other one, if they wanted to pin underage magic against him, they 
> could have
> used those and refused to hear testimony to the contrary.
>


kchuplis:
It isn't canon, but I wouldn't have a hard time believing that 
considering the number of ministry workers involved with the Order that 
whoever, or whatever it is that keeps track of these things were fixed 
not to notice the magic that night. They were able to plan for that. 
There was no way to hide the unplanned magic at Harry's.