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TIL Prosecutors at the trial of Andreas Hofer, leader of the Tyrolean Rebellion against Napoleon's forces in 1809, were struggling with deciding on how to sentence him until they received a note from Napoleon's viceroy: it said "give him a fair trial, then shoot him"

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