It is narrated from Sayyiduna Sahl bin Hunayf (may Allah be pleased with him) that the people brought to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) a man who was crippled and had committed adultery, and they struck him with a cluster stalk of date-palm, or (the narrator is unsure) a branch.
Hadith Referenceالمعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب السين / 5544