the whipping station is just a large wooden platform that serves to embarrass the peasant villagers that sin, they also hang adulterers and homosexuals.
the whipping station, Outside Church
judge
adulterer
I am an adulterer. I have had an affair with another woman even though I already have a wife. I am sneaky and untrustworthy.
Please forgive me for my actions. I only acted in the moment of lust.  So you confess to your crime? I was caught, yes. I only had an affair because my wife is so distant from me. I suspected she was having an affair as well. I see. The punishment for adultery is death. I cannot forgive you for a crime you have committed but I can look into what your wife did. Can you tell me more. I don't deserve death, I'm an honest man who helps the community. I don't deserved to be hung. My wife has been seen with the local sheriff a lot here lately. Many people have told me they've been seen together when I was out of town. If I had a coin for every time someone said they were honest and didn't deserve death. Well I'd be as rich as a king. Unfortunately the law states that you must die and I, as the a fair judge, must carry that out. I will look into things about your wife and the sheriff. If they are found to have been doing the same as you, I will give them the same fate. It is the least I can do for a man such as yourself. Please I'm begging you. I deserve a whipping more so than death. This is such a harsh punishment for such a petty crime. Please can you give me sympathy.  You have my sympathy, but I must carry out the law. Ok, but first may I have a hug? You may hug the executioner. The things he has seen... Ok, I just need a hug. Don't worry it will all be over quick.