Mr. Justice Frankfurter, dissenting. That habeas corpus cannot be made to do service for an appeal is a well-worn formula. But this generalization should not dispose of these two cases, if their actualities are viewed in the light of our decisions. The First Judiciary Act empowered the courts of the United States to issue writs of habeas corpus. Section 14 of the Act of Septe…
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