Joyriding in the 19th Century

From the court proceedings, Brackley, Northampton petty sessions 1846.
Listed in the archives of the Northampton Mercury Newspaper Index

TALBOT JAMES MORETON PINKNEY BRACKLEY PETTY SESSIONS
JAMES TALBOT, FREDERICK PRESTIGE, AND WILLIAM BULL, ALL OF MORETON PINKNEY, WERE CHARGED WITH STEALING A MALE ASS, AS THAT PARISH,
THE PROPERTY OF JOSEPH SHAW. IT APPEARED THAT THE DEFENDANTS, WHO WERE BOYS, RODE THE DONKEY, AND THEN TURNED IT UP ;
BUT IT DID NOT APPEAR THAT THEY HAD ACTED IN A FELNIOUS MANNER, AND THEY WERE DISCHARGED James was my great-great-great uncle, born 1830

... and from the 1844 sessions :
TALBOT WILLIAM UNION WORKHOUSE WELLINGBOROUGH COMMITTED THE COUNTY GAOL AND HOUSE OF CORRECTION ISAAC CHURCH & WILLIAM TALBOT, FOR 14 DAYS, FOR MISCONDUCT AT THE WELLINGBOROUGH UNION WORKHOUSE So was William, born 1821

We do seem to have a rather colourful history in Moreton Pinkney during that era!

And on the family History Theme...
"My War Years"A short story written by my mother about her evacuation from Coventry during WW2