Chapter Five: Slander
Mrs. Dubshire's questioning went smoothly. This time instead of saying 'no questions' Mandy stood up and walked over.
"Mr. Potter, how did your fellow criminal investigators find out about magic?" She asked, sweetly.
"Objection. Your honor, what is the relevance?" Mrs. Dubshire asked, standing up.
"I am trying to find out if the statue of secrecy was broken, your honor. If Mr. Potter broke the law it makes one wonder what other laws he might have ignored or if he ignored evidence that didn't suit what he thought had happened." Mandy said.
"Your honor, if defense had read all the documents I had sent over, she would know that the American ministry is debating whether to reveal itself and has therefore dubbed every reveal as a test. They also feared that if they made this public knowledge that it would be out of their hands to decide or not." Sherri said, offering some papers to the bailiff. He took them to the judge.
"The objection is sustained." He said, after looking over the papers.
"Would you like to enter these into evidence, councilor?" He asked.
"Unless your honor feels there's a need to, no." She replied, sitting down. Judge Castrall nodded.
"Mr. Potter how many times did you get into trouble at Hogwarts?" Mandy asked.
"Your honor, relevancy." Sherri stated.
"I aim to show that Mr. Potter has a habit of ignoring rules when it suits him." Mandy said.
"Proceed." The judge said.
"I don't know. I never kept track."
"Why is that?" Was her follow up question.
"It seemed fairly pointless when a teacher seems to be after you." Was his response.
"And how many times did you avoid getting into trouble?" She asked.
"Once." Harry asked.
"And how did you manage that?" Mandy asked.
"Relevancy, your honor?" Mrs. Dubshire said.
"If a teacher got him out of trouble once, who knows how many times they managed to keep him out of it without his knowledge." Mandy said.
"Proceed." Castrall said.
"A friend shifted the blame to herself." Harry answered. At this Mandy's face fell. She moved back to her seat.
"I accept Mr. Potter's expertise." She said, defeated.
"Given the time, I think we'll recess for an hour for lunch." Judge Castrall said, slamming his gavel down.