This reminds me of an episode of Little House on the Prairie where Mr. Ingalls had to save some kids including at least one of his daughters who were on a runaway train or from something else so he quickly borrowed someone’s horse while he was on it and without even asking and took off to go get them. I suppose under those circumstances, they wouldn’t hang you as long as you returned the horse after you got done rescuing your kids.
This reminds me of an episode of Little House on the Prairie where Mr. Ingalls had to save some kids including at least one of his daughters who were on a runaway train or from something else so he quickly borrowed someone’s horse while he was on it and without even asking and took off to go get them. I suppose under those circumstances, they wouldn’t hang you as long as you returned the horse after you got done rescuing your kids.