Stunning the Punters

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You have been found guilty of the murder of your son, Rhodes Cecil Cowle. Do you have anything to say before I pass sentence of death on you?” A hushed silence fell over the court. For specific examples and a list of political, economic, environmental and social reasons and push and pull factors of Scottish Immigration to America refer to:

The first known Scottish immigrant, Robert Sproat, sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620. Scots started coming to the United States in significant numbers in the late 1700s, when political upheavals and social changes at home displaced many Scots and sent them searching for a better home. Presbyterian Scots sought religious freedom in the colonies, and families who lost their land when the clan system collapsed hoped to start over somewhere new. Scottish Immigration to America is strongly associated with the Scots-Irish. But who were the Scots-Irish? The people referred to as Scots-Irish trace their ancestry to Scotland and descend from the Protestant Presbyterians who originated in the lowlands of Scotland, but who emigrated to Ireland from 1609. Dillon continued to bring Sproat’s characters to life for the next seven years until he finally met the author at a performance in London. The De Melker trial lasted thirty days. Sixty witnesses were called for the Crown and less than half this number for the defence. To present the forensic evidence, the Crown employed the services of Dr. J.M. Watt, an expert toxicologist and professor of pharmacology at Witwatersrand University. In summing up, before giving his verdict, the judge pointed out that the Crown had been unable to prove conclusively that Cowle and Sproat had died of strychnine poisoning. "It does not convince me, nor does it convict the accused," he said. [5]In memory of John Robertson, son of Thomas Robertson, who died the 21st Oct’r 1855, aged 5 years. Also of Robert, who died 30th Oct’r 1855, aged 9 years. Also of Jane, his daughter, who died 7th March 1867, aged 16 years. Also of Mary McAdam, wife of Thomas Robertson, who died at Herriesdale, Urr, 6th Feb’y 1897, aged 85 years. Also the above Thomas Robertson, who died at Herriesdale, 4th Jan. 1903, aged 96 years. Fact 13 - 1783: Congress officially declared the end to the American Revolutionary War on April 11, 1783

The longer Dream of a Ridiculous Man is taken from a febrile moralistic pamphlet published privately by Dostoevsky three years before his death. After an opening reminiscent of Notes from the Underground ( “I am… ridiculous“), The Dream turns into the testament of a holy fool: transported through space to a world of unfallen people, the dreamer’s ecstasy turns to horror as he finds himself in the position of a corrupting Antichrist. Daisy de Melker was a trained nurse who poisoned two husbands with strychnine for their life insurance while living in Germiston in the central Transvaal (now Gauteng), and then poisoned her only son with arsenic for reasons which are still unclear. She is historically the second woman to have been hanged in South Africa. In memory of James McTaggart, who died at Torrs of Kirkcudbright on the 21st of January 1832, aged 75 years. And his wife, Mary Sproat, who died 29th May 1829, aged 57 years. Also of the following, their children: Mary who died March 1817, aged 7 years. Margaret, who died 14th April 1817, aged 21 years. Isabella, who died 17th July 1829, aged 34 years. John, who died 8th January 1830, aged 32 years. Alexander, who died 13th May 1833, aged 29 years. Also James McTaggart, who died 17th August 1847, aged 46 years. Isaac McTaggart, who died at Ottawa City, Upper Canada, 18th Dec. 1864, aged 57 years. Also William McTaggart, who died at Underwood on 5th May 1868, aged 52 years. Also Eliza Cunningham, spouse to George McTaggart , who died at Overlaw, 6th October 1872, aged 55 years. Also George McTaggart, of Overlaw, who died at Castle Douglas, November 19th 1878, aged 74 years. Front) In memory of James Maizland, who died at Millhall, 26th Feb’y 1855, aged 88 years. Also his spouse, Janet Duff, who died at Millhall, 2d March 1857, aged 84 years. Also their daughter Elizabeth, who died at Millhall, 15th Oct’r 1858, aged 58 years. Also their grand-daughter Isabella Maizland, who died at Borgue Village, 31st May 1865, aged 6 years and 11 months. Also their daughter Isabella, who died at Millhall, 15th December 1885, aged 77 years. Also their son Douglas, who died at Borgue Village, 23rd February 1893, aged 82 years. Also their daughter Janet, who died at Millhall, 28 May 1899, aged 92 years. Also Grace McConnell, wife of the above Douglas Maitland, who died at Borgue Village, 28th Sep. 1910, aged 91 years. The title piece by Robert Sproat is a jaunty account of the outbreak of racism on an estate in North London. Dillon is an ex-skinhead with an engaging but forced grin. Sproat just lets him tell his story, about a graffiti spree which ends in the death of a skinhead, without comment. We are left to try to account for a monstrous hatred which seems almost unconnected with the people who express it, but which, Sproat suggests, is better expressed than expunged.There is only one sentence I can pass,” responded the judge, and, so saying, he condemned her to death by hanging. And if the three world premieres boil down to a 90-minute one-man show on its way up to Edinburgh, you must bear in mind that the one man is George Dillon. Not everyone will know the name (except, confusingly coincidentally from the title of a John Osborne play) but he is one of the most uncompromisingly compelling performers I have seen.

Dillon is wonderfully mesmerising in this role and although you are repulsed by the character, there is a dreadful magnetism that makes you want to keep on watching. Disturbing and provocative it most certainly is. Interesting, brief US Immigration History for kids and children, schools, homework projects on Scottish Immigration to America In memory of Alexander Brown, who died Ingleston, 26th July 1806, aged 69 years. Also of his two sons, Samuel, who died in Jamaica, 3rd June 1803, aged 24 years, and John, who died at Barharrow, 26th Feb’y 1815, aged 28 years. And also of Agnes McGuffog, his spouse, who died at Little Carleton, the 25th April 1828, aged 76 years. And also Tho’s Brown, late tennant in Carleton, who died 18th April 1944, in the sixty seventh year of his age, son of the above Alex. Brown & Agnes McGuffog.

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Lured by promises of money, land, and freedom, many Scots joined the American revolutionary army to fight against the British. This so alarmed the British that they outlawed emigration to North America during the Revolution. After the U.S. won its independence, Scottish immigrants continued to make up a significant portion of immigration in North America. Robert Sproat’s Stunning the Punters has an ex-skinhead, after spraying racist graffiti, discovering from the cover-up that pretence speaks loudest. And in Dostoevsky’s Dream of a Ridiculous Man, adapted by Dillon and his director Laurence Boswell, a despairing philosopher dreams of a pre-lapserian world of innocence and beauty which his own savage sensuality corrupts until it, too, scorns his idealism. “ This is what we must fight against“, he says as they put him away for his own good, “ and I shall.”

It is also noted that further research has been done,. that Daisy was possibly set up by those that gave evidence in court against her, as they had financial gains.She may have been a "scape-goat" or may not have 'worked alone" She did however, make their coffee in the flasks when the two of them went fishing. It meant paying, but three days after going to see Stunning the Punters I went to see it again. This is one-man theatre at its most intelligent and most powerful. Don’t wait to be told about it, or to read another critical paean – go and see for yourself.” WHAT’S ON IN LONDON Daisy had bought her son a motorbike for his birthday, and it is said that he was ungreatful and unappreciateve of this.

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Tomlins, Marilyn Z. (2 December 2007). "Daisy de Melker: South Africa's First Serial Killer". Crime Magazine . Retrieved 14 June 2022. The Era formulary. 5000 formulas for druggists". Internet Archive. 1893. p.321 . Retrieved 14 June 2022. In memory of William Brown, who died at Argrennan, in the Parish of Tongland, on the 3rd of Sept. 1821, aged 75 years. Also Alexander Brown, his son, who died on the 18th of May 1810, aged 18 years. In memory of John Barber Sproat, 'Duncroft', Twynholm, late in Lennox Plunton, born at Balmangan, Borgue, 3rd April 1876, died 3rd October 1959. Also Elizabeth Reid Kirkwood, his wife, born at Drumbuie, Beith, 7th July 1884, died at 'Duncroft', 14th June 1962. Also Elizabeth Eden of Gatehouse of Fleet, their daughter, born at Lennox Plunton, 27th May 1913, died at Kirkcudbright, 18th January 1994.