Lee Eisenberg on this website points out that Daffy is rather an ignoramus. I however do not see it that way. I am sure he did not mean deliberately to do what he did, because he was so upset about it in court.
I like this older Daffy Duck short a great deal. I personally found it very emotional - if I was younger I may have cried! The idea of the short is a very inventive one, one that personally I think is very good. I also "admire" the "brutality" of this episode. It is not really "brutal", just it is not as comical as many of Daffy's other appearances.
In this Daffy is in court for letting his wife's egg disappear. Poor Daffy is very upset and seems to be guilty. In a flashback, we see how his wife, with her short temper, was very hard on him and he merely lost the egg while performing a rather sweet, entertaining and clever magic trick. The tension builds on...
Good for people who like the intelligent, thoughtful Daffy Duck in his old stage, enjoy "The Henpecked Duck"! :-)