Facts of the Case
This case comes before us on appeal from an order of the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia dismissing a writ of habeas corpus sued out for the discharge of the appellant, a citizen of Maryland, from a judgment of imprisonment until a fine should be paid, imposed upon him by the County Court of Accomack County in that state upon a conviction of violating a law of Virginia in taking oysters, contrary to its prohibitions, from Pocomoke Sound, within her limits. An act of that commonwealth approved in February, 1892, provides that if any person, other than a resident of the state, "take or catch oysters or other shellfish in any of the waters of the state, he shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined five hundred dollars." Acts of the Assembly of Virginia, 1891-92, c. 363, amending § 2153 of the Code of Virginia, paragraph 10, p. 603.
Conclusions
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The compact of March 28, 1785, between the States of Virginia and Maryland, having been duly ratified by each state, is binding upon both as to the subjects embraced within it so far as it is not inconsistent with the Constitution of the United States.
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