Tillis v. State

Charlie Tillis and Jean Till-is were convicted of the murder of Bass Nicholson, and sentenced to imprisonment for life.

The trial was had in Covington county. The killing occurred in Coffee county, near the boundary line between the two counties.

The court in his oral charge correctly instructed the jury that the burden was on the state to prove beyond a reasonable doubt the offense was committed “within” a quarter of a mile of the boundary line of Covington county. Code, § 4895.

The evidence, without conflict, tended to show the killing was within about 150 yards of the county line.

Charge 6,…