The appellant , tried .
The appellant , convicted of illegally harvesting oysters from Pocomoke Sound in the Chesapeake Bay , had argued that his right to fish was protected by an interstate compact and that this compact also barred the state of Virginia from trying him .
The appellant , tried and convicted of illegally harvesting oysters from Pocomoke Sound in the Chesapeake Bay , had argued that his right to fish was protected by an interstate compact and that this compact also barred the state of Virginia from trying him .