Not upon common fame; not upon the price of gold in New York, or upon any question of finance; not upon newspaper rumor; not upon any views of party policy; you are to try them upon the evidence offered here and nothing else, by the obligation of your oaths.
In this statement, Stevenson insists that the jury must base their judgment solely on the evidence presented, not on external influences.
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