NEW ORLEANS, Sept. 8 – The 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals today ordered Charles D. Watson extradited from Texas to California by Friday to stand trial on charges of killing Actress Sharon Tate and six others.

The federal court denied a request by Watson’s attorney for a rehearing on the extradition order.

The court ruled Aug. 31 that there was no merit in Watson’s claim he could not get a fair trial in California because of adverse publicity on the trial of hippie leader Charles Manson and three women underway in Los Angeles.

Watson, 24, was a member of the “Manson Family” accused of the Tate-Labianca killings. Watson, a former high school football and track star at Copeville and Farmersville, Tex., has been held in Collin County Jail at McKinney, Tex., since his arrest Nov. 30, 1969.

Ordinarily, the Aug. 31 extradition ruling would not take effect until 20 days after it was issued in order that Watson’s attorneys might have time to file new motions or appeals. But the New Orleans court previously had granted a request by Texas officials that the waiting period be shortened by nine days.