It really annoys me ...

[Inge]

No: HPFGUIDX 163799

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Inge" <Elvishooked@> wrote:
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.
_____

Talisman answered:
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. (SNIP)
_____

Inge again:
Whatever Dumbledore's plan(s) might have been for Sirius, - Im sure 
he wasn't the one to decide what should happen to Sirius after the 
Pettigrew/Muggle killings.
My irritation was based on the fact, that in GOF it takes no time to 
check Harry's wand for a recently cast spell - and Sirius' wand 
probably wasn't checked on at all - even though that might have 
cleared him.
That just doesn't make sense. (Neither does it make sense, that 
Sirius never asked to have his wand checked).
But I guess, that's just one of those things...... 

I'd still like to know about other reader's irritation-points as to 
where stuff doesn't make much sense.