9 Md. 28 | Md. | 1856
delivered the opinion of this court.
The defendant in error was indicted for fishing with gill nets iu the Potomac river, contrary to the act of 1845, ch. 148. Upon general demurrer to the indictment judgment was rendered against the State.
The question for decision is, whether it was necessary to aver and show upon the trial that the legislature of Yirginia had assented to our act of Assembly.
The eighth article of the compact between the States, recited in the act of 1785, ch. 1, declares, that “all laws and regula
Judgment affirmed.