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In ''Ex parte Bollman'', 8 U.S. 75 (1807), a divided [[U.S. Supreme Court]] ordered the release of prisoners held on charges of treason by exercising its [[writ of certiorari]] in conjunction with that of [[habeas corpus]] as a power of the Court's appellate procedure under § 14 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, c. 20, 1 Stat. 73, 81.
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In '''''Ex parte Bollman''''', 8 U.S. 75 (1807), a divided [[U.S. Supreme Court]] ordered the release of prisoners held on charges of treason by exercising its [[writ of certiorari]] in conjunction with that of [[habeas corpus]] as a power of the Court's appellate procedure under § 14 of the Judiciary Act of 1789, c. 20, 1 Stat. 73, 81.
    
Chief Justice [[John Marshall]] delivered the opinion for the divided Court, in which he acknowledged the power of [[Congress]] to define [[jurisdiction]] for [[federal court]]s:
 
Chief Justice [[John Marshall]] delivered the opinion for the divided Court, in which he acknowledged the power of [[Congress]] to define [[jurisdiction]] for [[federal court]]s:
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