People v. Walters

Under an information charging him with the crime of murder defendant was convicted of manslaughter. The case is here on exceptions before sentence. Defendant stabbed Peter Christiansen in the body seven times with a large jackknife, one stab killing him. The stabbing took place in Christian-sen’s dooryard. Defendant claimed at the trial that he went to Christiansen’s home to warn Mrs. Christiansen that her husband had been drinking and upon leaving encountered Christiansen who seized him, threw him down and choked him and, being fearful of death, he took the jackknife from his pocket, opened…