[bsder]

> There's some law on the books (Texas maybe?) about it being a hanging offense to engage in cattle wrustling. Perhaps I'm remembering it incorrectly.

You are not wrong: "cattle rustling" is indeed still a hanging offense in Texas.

What makes this a bit interesting is that, technically, if you eat a steak and then don't pay for it, you have engaged in "cattle rustling".

So, dine and dash at a steakhouse could legally be punished by a hanging.