BAZELON, Circuit Judge.
Appellant was convicted of manslaughter. At the trial she claimed that she had stabbed her common-law husband to death in self-defense.
According to the testimony of a policeman, appellant stated orally and in writing that she engaged in a fight with the deceased; that, while they were wrestling on the floor facing each other, the appellant on her left and the deceased on his right side, appellant stabbed the deceased in his back. Dr...
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