Waihangahia tētahi putanga matatini ake o tēnei rerenga kōrero Ko John Merryman (9 Akuhata, 1824 - 15 Whiringa-ā-rangi, 1881) te kaitono i roto i te take'' Ex parte Merryman'' koia tētahi o ngā take'habeas corpus'tino rongonui o te Pakanga ā-Iwi o Amerika.
Ko John Merryman (9 Akuhata 1824 - 15 Whiringa-a-rangi 1881) te kaitono i roto i tetahi o nga keehi habeas corpus rongonui o te American Civil War, he rangatira militia i te Pakanga Tangata, he kaitōrangapū Maryland.