You have been appointed a constable for this district, AND A CONSTABLE YOU SHALL BE.

So no more frivolous excuses.

If you do not prepare yourself to act in that capacity when called upon I will cause you to be reported and fined." There was no more to be said; the argument relating to the fine was unanswerable; and I caused myself to be qualified forthwith.

The duties were not arduous.

The only official duty required of me, during my term of office, was to summon a coroner's jury, on one occasion, to sit on the body of a runaway slave, who was stabbed by a watchman while committing depredations on some "negro gardens" in the night time.
Mr.Coxall finally gave up his establishment in Greenville, and I was obliged to look elsewhere for employment.