Dumbledore's 'evidence' - Knowledge of the Plan

[abergoat]

No: HPFGUIDX 158329


boyminn wrote:

> I think you are confusing 'evidence' with 'proof'. 
> Dumbledore gave testimony at what was likely a hearing, 
> and he told the members of that hearing what he knew.

But if he testified that had heard that James PLANNED to use Sirius
then he mis-spoke when he said he gave evidence that Sirius HAD BEEN
the Potters Secret Keeper. He could only say that Sirius WAS TO BE the
Secret Keeper but he cannot give evidence that Sirius was actually
used. Dumbledore is careful with words. I doubt JKR will have him use
'had been' when he meant to use 'was to be'.

But I'll agree JKR has her work cut out for her, very few people seem
to see the inconsistancy in Dumbledore's words. Legally, it is there
(any of you can look up "law dictionary evidence hearsay" and will see
that evidence has to survive objections to hearsay. Not to mention it
is wrong to convict someone of a crime just because one heard of a
plan - plans change. Dumbledore knows that. A young man's freedom (as
possibly life) was at stake. I firmly believe Dumbledore had evidence
that Sirius HAD BEEN used, just has he told Harry and Hermione.
 
bboyminn wrote:

> Well, if you accept my theory, the Potter were not lying, 
> they were telling Dumbledore exactly what the intended
> to do. It was at the last minute, and after the fact, 
> that Sirius came up with the brilliant idea to switch 
> Secret Keepers and use himself as a decoy.

Abergoat responds:

What you say is perfectly plausible, if Dumbledore had said Sirius
'was to be' the Secret Keeper. But alas, he didn't. He said Sirius had
been the SK. Which states he knows the charm was successfully cast and
the Sirius was used. Or JKR made a verb tense mistake. Or the Potters
lied. 

Perhaps another way to look at it is Hagrid tells us Dumbledore is
VERY close to the Potters in PS/SS. Do all of you think he wasn't
given the Secret? A week had past. And if he hadn't been given the
Secret and visited the Potters how does he know that the Fidelius
Charm worked?

Abergoat, who admits this is a lost cause until book 7 comes out
> Just a thought.
> 
> Steve/bboyminn
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