[HPforGrownups] Re: It really annoys me ...

[Jeremiah LaFleur]

No: HPFGUIDX 163798

Inge

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

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Jeremiah

Well, I would think that you can only find out the previous spell cast by a
wand but not a long line of them, so if you were going to try to hide
something you can cast another spell and be safe. (of course, if Sirus is
accused of AK'ing Pettigrew and then they find something like Alohamora then
it would look suspicious, woudn't it?)

I think this is the reason because it is called "Priori Incantatum"  is
singular. We might be confusing it with "Prioir Incantata" wich is plural
and is what happened with LV and Harry. That was a special circumstance due
to their wands being "brothers" (ok, I know a wand is phallic, but why can't
they be sisters? or kissing-cousins? lol). So, with any other wizard I would
think you can only go one spell back but with Harry and Voldemort you can go
back all the way to the very beginning.


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