Question #2

[kennyg1864]

No: HPFGUIDX 183362

I've been reading about the night of October 31, 1981 (since until 
recently I hadn't heard about (or noticed!) the "missing 24 hours")

But that's not what I'm here to talk about... (to paraphrase Arlo 
Guthrie)

This question is about the next day, and Sirius Black...

Why was he imprisoned without a trial?  Even "obviously guilty" wizards 
like Barty Jr had a trial.  Imprisoned solely on the word of Cornelius 
Fudge?  Who was a minor MoM official, *not* the Minister, at the time?  
And the *hearsay* evidence of the Muggles present? Oh, and a finger.  
Which, one would think, could be magically detected to have been 
severed with a wand, not an explosion.

(side note:  Does the wizarding world have their own version of 
CSI? :P )

Clearly we couldn't have the events of PoA without this version of 
events, but..dayum.

Is this a large plot error on JKR's part?  

kennyg1864