On the other hand, your idea of not looking at your OWN role PM for strategic purposes is not bad, actually. In a Newbie Game, Scum want to look like town (and sometimes power roles), and the Doc wants to look like a Townie, and the Cop wants to look like a Townie *unless* they're angling for a N1 protection. So "forgetting"/not looking at your role before you play can help almost anybody. On the other hand, you've added so many caveats that I fully believe you're capable of playing
as if
you never looked at your role, so don't expect me to believe you when you claim to have done this in-game, now. 
But on the gripping hand, I'll echo what other folks have said: Welcome to MafiaScum! You seem to have a shrewdly analytical head, and you may want to spend some of that time while you're waiting for your next game to start scanning through the rest of this forum. Theory doesn't always translate into practice, but I read up a LOT here before I finally signed up, and I think it's always helped me get a fast start. Cheers!
P.S. You can always sign up for games in other forums besides Newbies, provided you have the time to commit to multiple games. You're absolutely right about no N1 kills for newbies being one of the primary reasons Newbie Games start with Day, even though it does make it somewhat tougher.