Two local lads from the Mount Macquarie area ( now Neville ) long-term friends Mickey Bourke and Johnny Vane attempted to steal a racehorse from the ` Coombing Park ' stables , stablehand German Charley tried to stop them and Bourke shot him in the mouth .
In one robbery , German Charley tried to stop Mickey Bourke from stealing a racehorse from the Coombing Park stables .