Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin 1930, an nada Terrell a matsayin mai shari'a mai shari'a na Kotun Koli ta Malaya. Ta hanyar wasika da aka rubuta a madadin Sakataren Jiha na Colonies, an sanar da shi cewa shekarunsa na yin ritaya a matsayin alƙali ya kasance 62. A shekara ta 1942, an mamaye Malaya
kuma Japan ta mamaye ta. A sakamakon haka, Sakataren Harkokin Wajen ya sanar da Terrell cewa ba a buƙatar sabis ɗin sa, kuma an dakatar da nadin sa a ranar 7 ga Yuli, 1942, watanni 17 kafin shekarun ritaya na tilas.