Hester v. State

1. Where sequestration of the State’s witnesses was requested by counsel for a defendant on trial for assault with intent to rape, and there were only two witnesses for the prosecution, — a 12-year old girl (the alleged victim), and her mother, — the judge did not abuse his discretion in allowing the mother, who was the prosecutrix, to remain in the court-room during the trial and to testify after her daughter had testified. See, in this connection, Swain v. State, 151 Ga. 375 (2) (107 S. E. 40), and citations.

2. “When the facts from which the inference of guilt or innocence is to be drawn…