W. Va. Code § 58-4-16: Petition to be heard and case decided upon original record.

For the purpose of hearing and determining the petition and deciding the appeal or writ of error in the circuit court, no transcript of the record shall be made, but the petition shall be heard and determined and the appeal or writ of error decided upon the original papers and certified copies of orders constituting the record of the case, as described in section six of this article, which accompanied the petition on the application for the appeal, writ of error or supersedeas.