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Within twenty-four (24) hours after the hearing, the judge shall render judgment, affirming or dismissing the claim. Where the claim is affirmed, the defendant shall be adjudged and directed to grant the right or benefit claimed or to pay to complainant such amount of wages or compensation as shall have been shown by the evidence, as the case may be.\nIf malice aforethought on the part of defendant is shown, the judge shall adjudge him to pay to complainant, by way of indemnity or liquidation of damages, an additional sum not to exceed fifty (50) dollars.\nHistory —Oct. 17, 1961, No. 2, p. 447, § 9.