Fic // Transcript:: The Trial Of Merope ((Seven of Swords))
Title: The Trial Of Merope
Author: fakers_journal
Rating: Oh, definitely G. :-)
Characters: Merope, Barty Sr, Susan Bones, anonymous Court Guy.
Claim/Card: Seven Of Swords
Word Count: 826
Warnings: Erm... American-style trial? :D
Summary/Card interpretation: Merope's trial for giving love potion to an unsuspecting Muggle. Uh... Card interpretation? Kind of a mix between, "Quarrelling, a plan that may fail, annoyance," and, "Formulating complex schemes to seek victory." Hee. :-)
WIZENGAMOT OF LONDON
DISTRICT DIVISION
Merope S. Gaunt
Defendant
VS
United Kingdom of Wizards
Plaintiffs
JULY 28, 1987
THE ABOVE HEARING CAME BEFORE THE HONORABLE
CHIEF WARLOCK ALBUS PERCIVAL WULFRIC BRIAN
DUMBLEDORE IN COURT ROOM NUMBER 16.
APPEARANCES:
On behalf of the defendant:
Merope S. Gaunt
On behalf of the plaintiffs:
Bartemius Crouch, Sr, Esquire
Amelia S. Bones, Head of Dept Magical Law Enforcement
Valerie S. Williams
Official Court Transcriber
PROCEEDINGS
THE CLERK: Proceeding this civil trial, this is civil action number 5211-88, Merope S. Gaunt, United Kingdom of Wizards. May the parties please step forward.
MR CROUCH: Good morning, everyone. My name is Bartemius Crouch, and I represent the plaintiffs, the United Kingdom of Wizards.
THE COURT: Yes?
MS GAUNT: Hello, sir. My name is Merope Gaunt. I represent- (indistinguishable-sobbing).
THE COURT: Please, Ms Gaunt, sit down and gather yourself. It’s not going to help your case if you’re sobbing all through the trial.
MS GAUNT: Yes, sir.
THE COURT: Thank goodness. Now, Mr Crouch, as our defendant is currently incapacitated, why don’t you begin your case?
MS GAUNT: No, I’m perfectly fine! I can present now.
THE COURT: I believe I asked Mr Crouch to speak, didn’t I, Ms Gaunt?
MS GAUNT: Yes, you did. I’m sorry.
THE COURT: Please be seated, Ms Gaunt. Mr Crouch, present.
MR CROUCH: Yes, sir. May I call a witness to the stand?
THE COURT: Please do so.
MR CROUCH: As my first witness, I’d like to call Ms Gaunt herself.
THE COURT: Are you sure that is a wise decision, Mr Crouch?
MR CROUCH: Yes, sir, I am. Ms Gaunt, please come to the stand.
(Ms Bones and Mr Crouch confer. Ms Bones looks angry.)
THE COURT: Is there a problem, Ms Bones?
MS BONES: Of course not, Your Honor.
THE COURT: Then please question the witness before I explode of suspense.
MS BONES: Yes, sir.
MR CROUCH: Ms Gaunt. Do you know what a love potion is?
MS GAUNT: Yes.
MR CROUCH: And are you aware of their illegal state?
MS GAUNT: Yes, I am.
MR CROUCH: Have you ever concocted a love potion, Ms Gaunt?
MS GAUNT: Yes.
MR CROUCH: Have you ever asked another person to consume a love potion?
MS GAUNT: I have.
MR CROUCH: And has this person agreed?
MS GAUNT: No, he hasn’t.
MR CROUCH: Did you force him to drink it, then?
MS GAUNT: I did not force him, Mr Crouch, no.
MR CROUCH: Did your partner end up drinking the potion as a result of your actions, Ms Gaunt?
MS GAUNT: It depends on which way you look at it.
THE COURT: Ms Gaunt, do not evade questions. Answer yes or no.
MS GAUNT: Then I’ll go with no.
MR CROUCH: Where did you deposit the potion?
MS GAUNT: In his morning pumpkin juice.
MR CROUCH: And did he drink this pumpkin juice, ever morning?
MS GAUNT: Nearly, yes.
MR CROUCH: Have you ever forced him to drink the potion?
MS GAUNT: No. I would never do that to my husband.
MR CROUCH: Never once, when he forgot to drink his juice...?
MS GAUNT: Never.
MR CROUCH: Ms Gaunt, what will you plead in this case, when asked by the court?
THE COURT: Mr Crouch, that si not a permissible question. Ms Gaunt can not be asked to plead before I ask her. Ms Gaunt, you do not have to answer that.
MS GAUNT: Your Honor, if I may, could I answer if I wished?
THE COURT: Well, yes, if you wished.
MS GAUNT: I will plead guilty, Mr Crouch.
MR CROUCH: Well, that saved us a lot of time. Would you give a formal confession, Ms Gaunt, for the record?
MS GAUNT: May I say some thing first?
THE COURT: Please do, Ms Gaunt.
MS GAUNT: People ask me all the time, “Why did you do it? Why did you poison your husband to love you?” A love potion, my dear friends, is not a poison. The potion was to keep our love strong, to help the electricity along. I even drank some, from time to time, you see. It aided in our ability to say together. I admit, it did hurt me inside every day, to pour the potion in his morning pumpkin juice. He never knew about it, never once until I told him that fateful day... But yes, every morning I poured it into his drink while he was still in bed. There were those tricky morning when I slept in and he insisted on making breakfast... But it all worked out in the end, of course.
MS BONES: Does that count as a confession, Your Honor?
THE COURT: It’s on the record, yes, Valerie?
VALERIE: Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: Then yes, it’s a confession. Merope, for concocting a love potion, giving it to unknowing person or persons, and performing magic near Muggles, I sentence you to...two years in Azkaban. Court adjourned.
END TRANSCRIPT
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Author: fakers_journal
Rating: Oh, definitely G. :-)
Characters: Merope, Barty Sr, Susan Bones, anonymous Court Guy.
Claim/Card: Seven Of Swords
Word Count: 826
Warnings: Erm... American-style trial? :D
Summary/Card interpretation: Merope's trial for giving love potion to an unsuspecting Muggle. Uh... Card interpretation? Kind of a mix between, "Quarrelling, a plan that may fail, annoyance," and, "Formulating complex schemes to seek victory." Hee. :-)
WIZENGAMOT OF LONDON
DISTRICT DIVISION
Merope S. Gaunt
Defendant
VS
United Kingdom of Wizards
Plaintiffs
JULY 28, 1987
THE ABOVE HEARING CAME BEFORE THE HONORABLE
CHIEF WARLOCK ALBUS PERCIVAL WULFRIC BRIAN
DUMBLEDORE IN COURT ROOM NUMBER 16.
APPEARANCES:
On behalf of the defendant:
Merope S. Gaunt
On behalf of the plaintiffs:
Bartemius Crouch, Sr, Esquire
Amelia S. Bones, Head of Dept Magical Law Enforcement
Valerie S. Williams
Official Court Transcriber
PROCEEDINGS
THE CLERK: Proceeding this civil trial, this is civil action number 5211-88, Merope S. Gaunt, United Kingdom of Wizards. May the parties please step forward.
MR CROUCH: Good morning, everyone. My name is Bartemius Crouch, and I represent the plaintiffs, the United Kingdom of Wizards.
THE COURT: Yes?
MS GAUNT: Hello, sir. My name is Merope Gaunt. I represent- (indistinguishable-sobbing).
THE COURT: Please, Ms Gaunt, sit down and gather yourself. It’s not going to help your case if you’re sobbing all through the trial.
MS GAUNT: Yes, sir.
THE COURT: Thank goodness. Now, Mr Crouch, as our defendant is currently incapacitated, why don’t you begin your case?
MS GAUNT: No, I’m perfectly fine! I can present now.
THE COURT: I believe I asked Mr Crouch to speak, didn’t I, Ms Gaunt?
MS GAUNT: Yes, you did. I’m sorry.
THE COURT: Please be seated, Ms Gaunt. Mr Crouch, present.
MR CROUCH: Yes, sir. May I call a witness to the stand?
THE COURT: Please do so.
MR CROUCH: As my first witness, I’d like to call Ms Gaunt herself.
THE COURT: Are you sure that is a wise decision, Mr Crouch?
MR CROUCH: Yes, sir, I am. Ms Gaunt, please come to the stand.
(Ms Bones and Mr Crouch confer. Ms Bones looks angry.)
THE COURT: Is there a problem, Ms Bones?
MS BONES: Of course not, Your Honor.
THE COURT: Then please question the witness before I explode of suspense.
MS BONES: Yes, sir.
MR CROUCH: Ms Gaunt. Do you know what a love potion is?
MS GAUNT: Yes.
MR CROUCH: And are you aware of their illegal state?
MS GAUNT: Yes, I am.
MR CROUCH: Have you ever concocted a love potion, Ms Gaunt?
MS GAUNT: Yes.
MR CROUCH: Have you ever asked another person to consume a love potion?
MS GAUNT: I have.
MR CROUCH: And has this person agreed?
MS GAUNT: No, he hasn’t.
MR CROUCH: Did you force him to drink it, then?
MS GAUNT: I did not force him, Mr Crouch, no.
MR CROUCH: Did your partner end up drinking the potion as a result of your actions, Ms Gaunt?
MS GAUNT: It depends on which way you look at it.
THE COURT: Ms Gaunt, do not evade questions. Answer yes or no.
MS GAUNT: Then I’ll go with no.
MR CROUCH: Where did you deposit the potion?
MS GAUNT: In his morning pumpkin juice.
MR CROUCH: And did he drink this pumpkin juice, ever morning?
MS GAUNT: Nearly, yes.
MR CROUCH: Have you ever forced him to drink the potion?
MS GAUNT: No. I would never do that to my husband.
MR CROUCH: Never once, when he forgot to drink his juice...?
MS GAUNT: Never.
MR CROUCH: Ms Gaunt, what will you plead in this case, when asked by the court?
THE COURT: Mr Crouch, that si not a permissible question. Ms Gaunt can not be asked to plead before I ask her. Ms Gaunt, you do not have to answer that.
MS GAUNT: Your Honor, if I may, could I answer if I wished?
THE COURT: Well, yes, if you wished.
MS GAUNT: I will plead guilty, Mr Crouch.
MR CROUCH: Well, that saved us a lot of time. Would you give a formal confession, Ms Gaunt, for the record?
MS GAUNT: May I say some thing first?
THE COURT: Please do, Ms Gaunt.
MS GAUNT: People ask me all the time, “Why did you do it? Why did you poison your husband to love you?” A love potion, my dear friends, is not a poison. The potion was to keep our love strong, to help the electricity along. I even drank some, from time to time, you see. It aided in our ability to say together. I admit, it did hurt me inside every day, to pour the potion in his morning pumpkin juice. He never knew about it, never once until I told him that fateful day... But yes, every morning I poured it into his drink while he was still in bed. There were those tricky morning when I slept in and he insisted on making breakfast... But it all worked out in the end, of course.
MS BONES: Does that count as a confession, Your Honor?
THE COURT: It’s on the record, yes, Valerie?
VALERIE: Yes, Your Honor.
THE COURT: Then yes, it’s a confession. Merope, for concocting a love potion, giving it to unknowing person or persons, and performing magic near Muggles, I sentence you to...two years in Azkaban. Court adjourned.
END TRANSCRIPT
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Sorry it's late! Only by...thirteen and a half hours... :P