Secondly, everyone involved in the trial—the defendant, the three judges, the barristers, the court reporter, the bailiff, the law clerks, and the witnesses—all had a connexion to the magical world. A few witnesses were magical, some of the courtroom people were magicals who had returned to the Muggle world of their childhood, some people involved in the trial were Squibs, and some of the people involved in the trial were Muggles who were the parents, siblings, or spouses of Muggle-borns.