The Wise Old Fool, his Kith and his Kin (Quite Long, Even for Me)

[Goddlefrood]

No: HPFGUIDX 170058

> zgirnius:

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> Similarly his belief in the guilt of Sirius I find likely 
> not to be emotional in nature. It seems to have been based 
> on the facts as they appeared. He was the Secret Keeper, 
> and the Potters were betrayed. Sirius then killed a number 
> of people including Peter Pettigrew. QED.

Goddlefrood:

Is that Quite Easily Done? ;-). It's really not so simple, 
IMO.

Dumbledore hardly knew Morphin Gaunt and yet he took the 
trouble of finding out information from him that proved 
his innocence of the crime he was sent to Azkaban for.

Sirius had been a member of the Order of the Phoenix. 
Dumbledore was head of the Order. I personally find it 
difficult to reconcile that Albus took the matter of the 
exploding street with Peter in it at face value. Particularly 
if, as I've argued before, Sirius had no formal trial.

Dumbledore is someone, in my reading, who wants to know 
what is going on. If he made no inquiries about the events 
that led to Sirius's imprisonment then that could be said 
to be equally as mistaken as my suggestion in the previous.

Not quite so simple then, I believe you may agree.

Goddlefrood, congratulating zgirnius for having waded through 
the ramblings of the thread starter :-)