Arizona republican., 1918-07-04
D|[[S |S GUILTY
 OF AN AGGRAVATED ASSAULT SAYS JURY

Marvin bills was found guilty of ag- gravated assault by jury in Judge Stanford's court yesterday, the verdict being returned less than three hours after the murder case went to the jury.
 Dills will be sentenced at 9:90 o'clock Saturday morning, a day after he reaches his twenty-first birthday
 The crime is punishable by fine of from s100 to s2,000 or by one to five years in the state penitentiary.
 The death of w. B. McArthur, a man more than twice bills age, occurred two weeks after he had been struck in the jaw by the young defendant after he had ordered bills from a dance hall in Tolleson. Dills, who had been drink ing on the Hateful night. returned to the hall and asked the floor manager to meet him outside. When McArthur returned to the room, he was holding his jaw which had been broken. He was brought to Phoenix where he died later. the direct cause of death being pneumonia which the state declared was superinduced by the blow. The case went to the jury at 5:15 o'clock. There were four forms of yer dict, manslaughter, aggravated assault, assault and not guilty, first and second degree murder having been eliminated by the evidence in the case. There was much said about his being given the opportunity to serve his country. There was much impassioned war talk and the jury was appealed to to give the boy chance to join the army. County Attorney l.. M. Laney held that the United States army should not be a dumping ground for felons. He addressed the jury as the Conscience of Maricopa county" and declared it would not be aiding the government in sending felons to the army to associate with your drafted sOnS."
 "The sphere of the jury is to pass on facts said the county attorney as he pointed out the fact that even though the act of bills was not the sole cause of death it contributed to and resulted in his death.
 If from the evidence in this case. viewed in the light of the instructions of the court, you do not find the de- fendant guilty of manslaughtr then if you believe from the evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that in the manner and form alleged in the information the defendant did assault w. B. McAr- thur, then you should by your verdict find the defendant guilty of agra vated assault" was an instruction giv- en the jury by the court.
 Yesterday morning was given over to the taking of the final testimony Sister Alisius identified the chart that had been in the operating room, McAr- thur being on the table from 9:45 un- til 1910 o'clock. Mrs. Eva Luke Wurst. the nurse in charge. and Dr Win Wylie were also called by the de- fense in an attempt to prove death due to pneumonia and not caused from the effect of the blow.
 In rebuttal. the state called F. B Lilley, L. c. Holmes, Hugh Weather ford. Earl Biggs and V. N. Roberts who testified to the bad reputation of the defendant.
 The arguments were an hour to the side. Harry Johnson. assistant county attorney. opening for the state. MT Johnson reviewed the testimony, and in branding the defendant bully asked the jurors if those who were left at home were to be confounded with such as Dills. He said that he had brother at war and that he him. self was leaving in the fall for the front; was his father to be at the