After his time on the sea, Samuel joined the police force and served for fifteen years (reference; reference). Samuel served at many places, including Donnybrook, Minninup and Bunbury (reference). He was also the police constable of Bunbury from at least 1875 until the end of 1884. One case Samuel worked on was in 1875 when two men, Simon Staines and James Ritchie, were accused of stealing six sides of bacon from Thomas Pigott's property in Bunbury (reference). When Thomas Pigott realised he had been robbed, he went to Constable Butterworth to deal with the crime (reference). They were both found guilty and sentenced to prison (reference). Samuel was also involved in an 1880 criminal case where William Coverley was charged with stealing and killing an ox (reference). At this time, Samuel was stationed as a police constable at Minninup (reference). Even after his policing career was over, Samuel helped others seek justice in the community. In 1914 there was a court case that Samuel provided supporting evidence for when John Scott charged John Barlett for letting his cows ruin his garden (reference). Samuel aided John Scott's claim by demonstrating from his lifetime's knowledge of gardening the value of bean crop trampled by the cows (reference). He also sat on juries after his police service, such as in 1895 (reference).
In 1883 at the Roman Catholic Church in Perth, Samuel married Anne Norah McAvoy (1849-1924) (reference; reference). Her name had many different spellings in the historical record, including Anorah McEnvoy and Nora McEvoy (reference; reference). Together they had seven children, Mary (1872-1872), Mary Ada Agnes (1873-1963), John Edward (1875-1938), Margaret Lucy (1877-1904), Samuel (1878-), Ann Norah (1880-1945) and Fanny Maria (1883-) (reference; reference; reference).
In 1864 he went into business at Pinjarra (reference). From this, Samuel became very involved with the Pinjarra community in later life. Nearly twenty years later, in 1883, Samuel ended his Pastoral Lease partnership with James Lambe in Bridgetown, showing that he had property in several areas of Western Australia (reference). Pastoral lease partnerships caused issues for Samuel, as in 1886, there was a dispute between Abraham Walter Moulbin and himself regarding payment and transferral of pastoral leases (reference). He was also expected to keep up with his holdings, and in 1902 when he fell behind in paying rates, the Southern Times published that he owed money for his Murray 15 and Murray 49 properties (reference). In 1933 he went on to misunderstand the Murray Road Board regarding his rates for his property (reference).
Samuel retired from policing to take over the Exchange Hotel at Pinjarra on 12 George Street in 1885 which he was the proprietor and owner for several years (reference; reference). The Exchange Hotel was a baiting house when coaches plied between Perth and Bunbury (reference). In February that year, he announced in The Inquirer and Commercial News his intention to apply at the Quarterly Licensing Meeting for a Way-side House License to sell wines and spirits at the Exchange Hotel in Pinjarra (reference). He then announced that The Exchange Hotel would open on 1 April 1885 as a first-class roadside hotel, supplying the best brands of wines, beers, spirits, lemonade, ginger ale and cordials, and good stabling for guests' horses (reference).
After leaving the hotel, he took up farming and purchased land in Pinjarra (reference; reference). However, the Exchange Hotel continued, with Edward Reynolds renting the premises and continuing the business from Samuel in 1893 (reference). Samuel was still renting the property in 1901 when it was run by Henry William Line (reference).
Samuel was active in the community as a Road Board and School Board member (reference; reference). He was elected to the District Board of Education for the Murray District in 1896 (reference). He was also a foundational member of the Pinjarra Cemetery Board in 1902 (reference; reference). He was also active in the affairs of the Roman Catholic church (reference). Samuel supported community members in getting licences for inns (reference; reference). In addition, he managed reserved government land (reference). In 1892 he was the administrator of the estate of Mary McEvoy who had passed away and owned land in the Swan district (reference). In 1900 he was appointed as a member of the Pinjarra Local Board (reference). He continued to serve the cemetery board until at least 1921 (reference). At 82 years old in 1904, he was appointed to the Drakesbrook Road Board (reference).
In 1904 one of Samuel's daughters predeceased him - Margaret Lucy (reference). Margaret had married Joseph Higham (reference). The funeral left Samuel's property, and she was interred in the Roman Catholic Cemetery in Pinjara (reference).
