Can a search warrant be issued for papers, books, records and documents which are "mere evidence"?

It is true that a search warrant may not be issued for papers, books, records and documents which are 'mere evidence'. The search warrant here was not issued for 'mere evidence'. It was issued to seize contraband. The Fourth Amendment of the Constitution sanctions reasonable searches for contraband (Harris v. United States, 331 U.S. 145, 67 S.Ct. 1098, 91 L.Ed. 1399). Contraband is weapons, narcotics, counterfeit and includes policy slips and bookmaking plays and records. The very possession of contraband described as policy slips is a crime under the statute.