Butler v. State

1. “Where the presiding judge by his general charge presents to the jury the law governing the substantial and controlling issues in a case, the mere failure or omission to charge upon minor points, to which his attention is not called at the time, is not ground for a new trial.” Thomas v. State, 95 Ga. 485 (4) (22 S. E. 315).

2. The court should instruct the jury as to all the methods by which a witness may be impeached, so far as such instructions are authorized by the evidence; but failure to do so will not require the granting of a new trial, where no written request was made to charge the…