Robert Smith (murderer)
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Robert Smith (murderer)
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Robert Colvin Smith was the last person to be publicly executed in Scotland. On 1 February 1868, Smith, a 19-year-old labourer, encountered 9-year-old Thomasina Scott at the home of Jane Crichton in Cummertrees and offered to accompany her to Annan, where her mother had sent her to run an errand. Upon reaching Crofthead Wood, Smith took Scott's money, raped her and then strangled her to death. Two hours later, Crichton came upon Smith returning from the crime scene; fearing she could implicate h
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2022-03-30T20:00:17Z
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2024-09-12T10:16:31Z
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