The Day of the Duel at Hogwarts.

Chapter 416 Judgment (Arrears)
Fire Dragon's jailbreak happened late at night on September st, and it did not cause much turmoil in the British magic world. Instead, it was the trial at pm on September nd that attracted the attention of all walks of life.

At :, members of the Wizengamot arrived at the first trial hall of the ten trial halls located on the tenth basement floor of the Ministry of Magic.

Sean, Marcheban and others sat in the jury seat in the trial hall, looked at the people arriving one after another, and talked in a low voice: "Ms. Marcheban, there really seem to be a lot of people today, fifty Wizengamot members, there may be more than forty."

"When the two camps wrestle with each other, they naturally want to recruit as many people as possible."

Nodding his head in agreement, Sean turned his head to look at Dumbledore, who was sitting on the trial seat, he didn't know who he, the headmaster, was looking for, but it seemed that Dumbledore looked very confident .

At eight o'clock, all the staff arrived, and the door to the first trial hall was also closed by two Aurors.

Soon, the presiding judge struck the gavel and announced the beginning of the trial.

"Bring up the suspect, Sturgis Podmore."

As the presiding judge's voice fell, Stoji was brought in by two Aurors through the side door and placed in the plaintiff's seat. With Stoji's appearance, the discussion on the scene became louder.

Dangdang!

"Everyone please be quiet, the trial begins now."

As the presiding judge announced the official start of the trial, the clerk sitting next to him immediately picked up a quill pen to record.

"September nd trial, hearing that Sturgis Podmore intruded into the Ministry of Magic's Department of Mysteries at one o'clock in the evening on September st with the intention of stealing items..."

Sean sat in his seat, listening to the presiding judge proceeding with the trial one by one, while he looked at the other people in the jury box. In the first row of the jury box sat Fudge and the leaders of each division, as well as Deng Xiaoping. The powerful and well-known members of the Wizengamot like Bullido, the second row is the second in command or deputy of each division like Scrimgeour, and they are also powerful figures.

Of course, there is Umbridge among these people, and she sits behind Fudge in the second row, and from time to time, she leans up to chat with Fudge, as if she is Fudge's confidant, if she can sit in the second row, then It means that she is at least the second in command of a certain department or the deputy of a certain first row. Judging from the appearance of her and Fudge, it is obvious that this guy is very likely to be Fudge's deputy, in other words, the position of deputy minister.

The deputy minister of the Ministry of Magic, the power comes from the minister. This position is not low if you say it is low status, but it is not too high if you say it is high status. Only the deputy minister can do the things that the minister cannot do, and the deputy minister has no right to interfere.

This woman, Umbridge, is really good at making money.

But no matter how good she is at drilling, she must satisfy Fudge in order to be Fudge's deputy minister. So what did she do to make Fudge so satisfied and trust her, and let her become his deputy minister?
"This case has all the facts and evidence. If there are no other opinions or suggestions, then..."

"Please wait a moment, presiding judge, I have a different opinion here."

The presiding judge looked at Dumbledore and said, "Dumbledore, here are testimonies, human and physical evidence, and Sturgis Podmore's own confession and confession. I don't know which of these items you have? Opinion?"

"The witnesses, physical evidence, confession and confession, all have opinions..." As soon as Dumbledore said this, there was a burst of noise at the scene, and Fudge even let out a laugh. Lowered, Dumbledore continued: "Because Sturgis Podmore was controlled by other people's Imperius Curse, he did those things, so the real crime should be the one who used the Imperius Curse to control him, Not Sturgis Podmore!"

The intermittent laughter at the scene stopped abruptly.

They looked at the slightly sluggish Sturgis Podmore. At first they thought that the appearance of Sturgis Podmore was due to the despair of being caught, but now it seems that it may not look like he was under the Imperius Curse State of control!
"Nonsense! Does it mean that anyone who commits a crime, as long as he says he has been under the Imperius Curse, can he be cleared of the crime? In my opinion, the Imperius Curse is just an excuse. You just don't want us to know that this criminal Stoji Podmore is actually a member of your Order of the Phoenix!"

The member of the Wizengamot who spoke was obviously on the side of Fudge, or on the side of the pure-blood families behind Fudge. His words at this time were obviously instructed by Fudge, just look at Fudge They could tell from the smile on Umbridge's face that this man's words obviously satisfied them.

"Yes and no is actually very simple, isn't it?" Dumbledore turned to look at the person speaking, and continued: "We just need to use magic to lift his Imperius Curse, and then give Sturgis Podmore back when he wakes up." He used Veritaserum, so wouldn't the truth be revealed?"

"No! Veritaserum is a strictly controlled potion. I don't think there is any point in using this strictly controlled potion in a case that has already been determined. In my opinion, it is enough to directly try Sturgis Podmore. If it can be proved that his actions are related to the Order of the Phoenix, then even the great Dumbledore will be subject to scrutiny!"

"I think it's right, we must examine the relationship between this matter and the Order of the Phoenix, otherwise it will not be enough to convince the public!"

After Sean's voice fell, everyone present looked at Sean in surprise.

Fudge and the people in his camp looked surprised and gloated. They even thought that Sean was planning to rebel against them on the spot.

The people from Dumbledore's camp looked incredible. They didn't understand why Sean was so crazy that he would help Fudge and the others?

Did he betray?

"You traitor, Sean Burst!"

Hearing Dodorian's roar and seeing Dumbledore's serious face, Fudge was very happy for a while. What he likes most now is seeing Dumbledore lose control of his expression, plus hearing Dodorian, Dumbledore Fudge couldn't help but smile at the angry reprimands from the die-hard supporters of the Lido camp, and said involuntarily: "Dodorian, you can't say that. As long as what Xiao En said is reasonable, everyone should seriously consider what he said!"

"That's right, Minister Fudge is really wise and powerful!" Sean's words had already made Fudge smile uncontrollably, but at this moment, Sean changed the subject and said: "Even Minister Fudge agrees, then I think there is no need for us to discuss it, immediately remove the Imperius Curse on Sturgis Podmore, and then take the Veritaserum, so that we can know the relationship between this heinous criminal and the Order of the Phoenix!"

(End of this chapter)