It really annoys me ...

[Talisman]

No: HPFGUIDX 163794

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Inge" <Elvishooked at ...> wrote:
>
> ... that there are passages in the books which really makes no much 
> sense.
> 
> Having just gone over the Dark Mark chapter in GOF, I realised how 
easy 
> it really was to check Harry's wand for the last spell it cast (The 
> Dark Mark). It took - what.... 1½ minute to check it out?
> 
> Why on earth then is it, that Sirius had to go to Azkaban with no 
> trial, when all they needed to do, was to check *his* wand, to see 
if 
> he indeed *did* cast the spell that killed all the Muggles - and 
all it 
> would have taken was a few minutes..... not much compared to 12 
years 
> of socialising with Dementors.
> 
> Anyone else who's annoyed by something "not logic"? Im sure there 
must 
> be :-)
> 
> Inge


Talisman:

It was DD's pleasure that *innocent* Sirius should be kept on ice in 
Azkaban.  See my posts on this list, generally.

DD's small amelioration is to protect Sirius from the effects of the 
dementors...and to use Lucius/Fudge as his cat's paw to spring Sirius 
when the time is right...er, a short while before offing him.

And then, of course, to clear Sirius's name, after the fact.

PS
While Sirius *was* innocent of the crime charged: killing Pettigrew 
et al., we may yet learn of other culpabilities in this, as Rowling 
has called him, most dangerous of the Mauraders.  

More dangerous than Wormtail...

On the other hand, he may have been *most dangerous* to DD's Plan, 
because he would have actually tried to save Harry from it.