Opinion ID: 76374
Heading Depth: 5
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: 1874 Codification

Text: 29 In 1874, Congress codified the federal statutes, locating those governing habeas corpus in §§ 751-66. See Rev. Stat. §§ 751-66 (codified as amended at 28 U.S.C. § 2241 et seq. ). The basic grant of the authority to issue writs of habeas corpus was set out in § 751. See Rev. Stat. § 751 (The Supreme Court and the circuit and district courts shall have power to issue writs of habeas corpus.). Consistent with the 1867 Act's expansion of the writ of habeas corpus, § 753 provided: 30 The writ of habeas corpus shall in no case extend to a prisoner in jail, unless where he is in custody under or by color of the authority of the United States, or is committed for trial before some court thereof; ... or is in custody in violation of the Constitution or of a law or treaty of the United States.... 31 Rev. Stat. § 753. Later codifications of the habeas statutes were substantively identical. See, e.g., 28 U.S.C. §§ 451-463 (1940) (codified as amended at 28 U.S.C. § 2241 et seq. ).