R v Findlater The appellant was indicted upon a charge of conspiring with 6 other named persons and certain other persons unknown to contravene the Companies Act 1929, s 356(1), and also of causing and procuring 3 of the 6 named persons to go from house to house offering shares for subscription or purchase to the public, in contravention of that section. Three canvassers called upon persons who had already subscribed for “unitsâ€ and offered “founder’s unitsâ€ for sale.