Why does Connie remove some of the entries in her mother's notebooks in the book, Midwives: A Novel?

While Connie is sad for Charlotte's family, she cannot see how destroying her own family will help the grief the Fugetts and Bedfords are feeling. Therefore, when the judge demands to see her mother's notebooks, Connie knows she must remove some of the entries to prevent her mother's conviction. Connie does this not because she knows her mother is guilty, not because she does not want to see justice done, and not because she feels her family is more important than the Fugetts or Bedfords, but because she can see that her mother and her family have been punished enough.