Petty Court records - charge?

[breenbyrne]

Hi, I'm researching a relative and have come across a record for him...I think!  However I'm not sure what the Petty Court records might mean, and then does it point to my guy. 
The record for the session in a village in Co Galway in 1873 reads  "Having a cart your property in use upon the public street your name and residence not being painted thereon.
Does this mean that everyone had to have these details on a cart - I presume it's a horse and cart but may mean a handcart?  Could it mean that he had a trade and had to give his details? This may help confirm or eliminate him as an ancestor, hence my query.
It's intriguing as I'd never seen this before!

[stanmapstone]

See the Summary Jurisdiction (Ireland) Act, 1851
12. Any of the persons herein-after mentioned who shall commit any of the next following offences on any public road, or in any street of a town, shall (in addition to any civil action to which he may subject himself) be liable to a fine not exceeding ten shillings:
1. Any owner of any cart, car, dray, or other such carriage used for the conveyance of goods, who shall use or allow the same to be used on any public road or street without having his name and residence painted upon some conspicuous part of the right or off side of such carriage, in legible letters not less than one inch in height, and in a different colour from the ground on which the same is painted, and in words at length, or who shall paint or cause to be painted any false or fictitious name or residence on such carriage:

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/1851/en/act/pub/0092/print.html

Stan

[breenbyrne]

Many thanks Stan for such a prompt and interesting reply!
My gggrandfather owned a public house which could also have been a shop.  This charge against him in the Petty Sessions ties in with him owning a cart to deliver to customers. 
Interestingly there were also 2 charges in subsequent years for using an improper measure in his shop!
thank you!