93 Ga. 160 | Ga. | 1893
The State’s case depended wholly upon the testimony of a single witness. He was impeached by evidence of bad character, by previous contradictory statements with reference to the substance of his evidence, and by evidence in behalf of the defence tending to disprove the main fact involved in the alleged guilt of the accused. There was no attempt to sustain him by evidence of his good character, and yet the court charged the jury that a witness sought to be impeached could be thus sustained. This charge was irrelevant and consequently erroneous.