I have always found the opposite.
If I haven't left work by 6:30 at night, I am having to dodge loads of wierdos.
I have always worked in an area within a fair size shopping centre.
It's like all the normal people know how to get the bus and train home after the shops have shut.
After 6:30, you are just left with the people who haven't worked out how that's done.
I'm like that myself although it doesn't actually bother me.
Sadly, that is not true for everyone.
I have tried it many time over the years for works reasons.
It just means I end up having less sleep.
Going to bed before I am ready just makes me more restless and I end up getting to sleep later than I would have, if I went to bed at my usual time.
And if I was the judge in your case, I would let you off.
(As long as you didn't appear in court until after 10am.)