Sirius and jail

[katmandu_85219]

No: HPFGUIDX 167359

Dumbledore was a member of the Wizard court, why would he allow a
man (sirius) to be sent to Azkaban without a trial?  Just sent away.
Did he know Sirius to be innocent?  Nobody bothered to use veriserum
or legimancy (spelling?) to see what happened.

Did Dumbledore trade Sirius for Severus?  Did he think--why not?
Innocent or not, he tried to murder a classmate a few years before?
Was he playing judge, jury and executioner?  Did he so believe that
he was guilty, that a trial was unneccessary?

They didn't even try a fake trial.  It seems that Dumbledore didn't
kick up any fuss whatsever.

Sirius doesn't seem to hold a grudge against him, and Dumbledore says
he trusts Sirius.

If he knew, because of Pettigrew, that Sirius was innocent.  Why
didn't he use the above means to prove his innocence?  After all,
there were 4 other people who saw Pettigrew.

Dumbledore is a very disturbing character.

katmandu