Pope v. State

1. The substantial law covering the issues made by the pleading and the evidence, which is the law of an assault with intent to murder and the law of shooting at another, was given. “The Supreme Court ‘has frequently decided that the judge may construct his charge upon the various issues made by the evidence; and that, if a defense is set up in the statement alone, it is not- error for the judge to omit submitting the law appropriate to such defense, in the absence of a timely written request.’ ” Guy v. State, 72 Ga. App. 395, 398 (33 S. E. 2d, 853); Felder v. State, 149 Ga. 538 (101 S. E.…