Copperfield has never been charged with illegal conduct

Can you imagine the trial though?

“Your honor I present to you exhibit…wait, where did it go? Where is all this smoke coming from?”

[Copperfield starts hovering]

“Silence! Order! Mr Copperfield sit down or I’ll hold you in contem-”

[the judge is also floating]

A collective gasp is heard as people notice the prosecutor has vanished. His remains will later be found inside the great wall of China.