Where the commitment was for felony or high treason, the Corpus Act of 1679 did not require immediate release, but instead required the Crown to commence criminal proceedings within a specified time…. he practical effect of this provision was that imprisonment without indictment or trial for felony or high treason under §7 would not exceed approximately three to six months. The "Hamdi" case, though, did not involve any suspension of the writ, much less a suspension by the President while Congress was unavailable, and no U.S. Supreme Court decision has ever squarely endorsed or rejected Taney's opinion in "Merryman".