The word "stollen" shows up historically in connection with horse theft, such as in this 1758 letter: https://www.loc.gov/resource/mgw4.031_0448_0449/?sp=1
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Horse theft used to be punishable by public hanging up until the end of the Old West era. Just sayin'...
If memory serves, it's still on the books in Texas.