Putnam patriot., 1923-01-05
THINK OF CHILDREN,
 SAYS JUDGE AMMAN
In Denying Divorce to Mrs. Pot ter, Court Advises Recon
 ciliation

Firm in the belief that it lis still possible and practicable for Mir. and l Mrs. C. Allison Potter of North Wood stock to become reeoneiled and live together and that such state IS ear nestly recommended for the sake of their children. if for no other reason" Judge George E. Hinman of the Superior court bench has render ed decision on Mrs. Potter's petition for divorce. giving judgment that the complaint be dismissed.
 Should Become ReeoneiIed
 In his memorandum Judge Hinman further states that for this latter req son the couple should resolve and undertake the mutual concessions nee essary to such reconciliation or ar rangement as will give these children the care and support of both parents, of which they are so much in need. If, unfortunately, this suggestion can not be realized. the custody of the children may be adjudicated, if found necessary, in the appropriate tribunal. Such action, it is repeated, ought not to be necessary, however.
 "The relatives and friends of the respective parties should bend their energies consistently and tsetfully to- ward promoting reconciliation be- tween them, and if the defendant and his sympathizers are sincere in their expressed belief that the plaintiff ts suffering from some form of mental disturbance, they should leave noth- ing undone on their part which is cal culated to remedy such q condition"
 Case Before Court Twice
 Mrs. Potter's suit for divorce was twice before the Superior court at Putnam. The first time it was halted under sensational circumstances, when, in the middle of her recital of the alleged abuses and i'll treatment she suffered at the hands of her hus- band, she confessed, under cross ex- animation, that she still loved her husband. After hours of conference. the couple agreed to return to the same roof and ''start all over again. But the arrangement did not last long. This fall Mrs. Potter insisted that the case go to trial, and it did. Judge Hinman heard the testimony and he reviews it, in part, as follows:
 Court Hoped For Reeone iliation
 Decision of this case has been de ferred in accordance with the inten- ton expressed at the close of the trial, in the hope that a reconciliation be- tween the parties might render a for maj determination unnecessary. No such happy solution has been arrived at, however. so far as the court is in- formed.
 A situation such as is presented here is one which is unusual in the seem ingly infinite variety of matrimonial infelicities. A man and q woman, of approximately equal age, still in the prime of life, comfortably situated 80 far as material conditions are concern ed. married for more than f5 years, with four or five children ranging from twelve to six years of age, have lived in apparent harmony and happi- ness until the recent past, when, with out the intervention of any Of the more common and familiar causes, discord arises and the husband is charged with a continued and ire quent succession of acts of physical violence covering a period of about a year immediately preceding the com mencement of this action.
 Wife Gives Dates In Testimony
 To these the plaintiff testifies with particularly as to dates and details; the defendant denies them in toto Some testimony is offered in attempt ed eorroboration of one or more of the incidents; the defendant presents