The Law and Criminal Insanity

A talk by Sheriff Principal Gillian Wade KC linking the Library's newly acquired Drummond pocket watches to the 1843 case that defined the insanity defence.

The Library of Innerpeffray recently added two pocket watches connected to the Drummond family to its collection, one of which bears a historic link to the first legal case defining the defence of insanity in English law in 1843. Sheriff Principal Gillian Wade KC speaks on the law and criminal insanity in this evening talk. Tickets cost £10 and booking is available online or by phone and email.