Section 12

Section 12. And be it further enacted by the authority aforesaid, That if any person or persons shall find him, her or themselves aggrieved by any judgment of the said court of record, it shall and may be lawful for the party or parties so aggrieved to sue out and obtain his, her or their writs of error, which shall be granted in like manner and under the same regulations and restrictions as other writs of error in similar cases are or may be granted and made returnable, in the western district of the supreme court of this commonwealth, and shall be proceeded in under the same rules and regulations: Provided always, That when any writ of error shall be granted, on any judgment to be given in the said court of record, the said mayor, recorder and aldermen, or their successors, shall not be compelled thereby, or by any other writ or writs to them directed, to remove, send or certify into the said supreme court or elsewhere, any of the indictments or presentments, but only the tenors or transcripts thereof, and of the records touching and concerning the same, and of the proceedings thereon, under their common seal: and after such judgments shall be reversed or affirmed, it shall and may be lawful for the said mayor, recorder and aldermen, and their successors, to proceed to execution or otherwise, as shall, according to law, appertain.