The court usher appeared then and asked them to move out into the corridor.

She said that she received a death threat on a telephone call in the court ushers' offices.

Clough still hadn't appeared by the end of the afternoon, though a court usher had brought a phone message from Sergeant Lucas.

Before George could reply, the door opened and the court usher said, 'Detective Inspector Bennett?

A court usher received a call saying Peter Carter-Ruck, Allan's solicitor, had been stabbed.

The court usher was out there talking to the officer, and Donaldson was about to return his attention to the card when he saw the usher deliberately turn and point at him.

Harold John STOKES, lately Court Usher, Long Ashton Magistrates Court, Avon.

After the judge has summed up the case, the court usher swears to keep the jury in some "private and convenient place", to prevent them from speaking to anyone else and not to speak to them himself "except it be to ask them if they are agreed upon their verdict."