16 {l In this case, PW2 having failed to submit himself for cross- ' examination, his evidence, salre for the evidence given in the trial within tial, goes to naught and calries no weight. I shall therefore discountenance his evidence. I have earlier set out in a summary the evidence given by P\Yl, who is the chairman of the complainant Cooperative Society. The following points can be distilled from his evidence: (l) He and the Defendant are members of he Erhuvwu Cooperative Society of Saint James Anglican Church Warri. While he is the Chairman, the Defendant is its treasurer. (2) Members of the Cooperative make contibutions which are collected by now late IUr Evans Aghwadoma and Rose Adenoma which is handed over to the Defendant for banking, he being the treasurer- (3) In November of every yatr, the Cooperative withdraws its funds from the bank through the Defendant and members of the Cooperative are paid their entitleme,nt based on their individual contributions for the year. (4) In November 2012, when it became due for the Cooperative to distributE money to its mEmbers, thc f)efendant, who had stopped coming to church, was no wherg to be found and when a delegation including e 'itJ ,. * '"+i ;l x$ :r) .{